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OF  THE 

"LETTRES  EDIFIANTES 


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Jesuit  Relations  and  Allied  Documents,"  by  the 
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Contributions  to  the  Bibliography 
of  the  *«Lettres  Edifiantes" 


By  VICTOR  HUGO  PALTSITS,  Member  of  the  Bibliogriphical 
Society  of  old  London,  Assistant  Librarian  in  the  New  York  Public 
Library,  etc  rfl  iM  .^  J»  .*»  J»  J« 


CLEVELAND,    OHIO 


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THE   "LETTRES  EDIFIANTES" 


The  collection  of  Lettres  ddijiantes  deals  with  the 
missions  of  the  Jesuits  in  both  hemispheres,  and  is 
invaluable  for  a  history  of  the  order's  missionary 
zeal  and  enterprise,  and  for  the  history,  ethnology, 
and  general  characteristics  of  the  peoples  among 
whom  it  labored.  But  to  the  bibliographer  these 
volumes  present  one  of  the  greatest  problems  in  the 
whole  field  of  Jesuitica.  It  shall  be  my  endeavor  to 
contribute  a  fuller  and  more  particular  bibliograph- 
ical description  of  this  collection  in  its  various 
editions  and  ramifications,  than  has  yet  appeared  in 
print.  However,  though  having  labored  for  com- 
pleteness, I  am  sensible  of  some  gaps,  and  my  data 
must  be  accepted  only  as  materials  toward  a  final 
and  complete  study  of  the  whole  subject  involved 
herein. 

The  First  Edition 

The  first  edition  was  completed  in  34  volumes, 
some  of  which  were  issued  several  times  before  the 


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LETTKES  £DIFI ANTES 


last  one  was  printed.  The  original  edition  of  vol. 
i.  was  printed  at  Paris  in  1702,  and  the  thirty-fourth 
(the  last  volume)  at  Paris,  in-  1776.  The  volumes 
were  edited,  successively,  by  Fathers  Charles  le 
Gobien,  Jean  Baptiste  du  Halde,  Louis  Patouillet, 
Nicolas  Mardchal  dit  La  Marche,  and  otherwise,  as 
will  appear  by  our  separate  description  of  each 
volume. 


1 


Vol.  I. 

Father  Le  Gobien  was  secretary  of  foreign  missions,  and  as  the 
first  editor  of  the  series,  issued  vols,  i.-viii.  But  he  did  not  in  the 
beginning  adopt  the  series  title.  His  first  volume  appeared  originally 
as  a  distinct  work,  and  with  the  following  title:  "  Lettres  de  quel- 
ques  Missionaires  de  la  Compagnie  de  Jesus,  ecrites  de  la  Chine,  et 
des  Indes  Orientales.  Paris:  chezjosse,  1702."  A  copy  is  preserved 
in  the  British  Museum,  and  covers  the  period  from  1699  to  1701.  We 
have  not  succeeded  in  finding  a  copy  of  this  edition  in  the  American 
libraries  which  we  consulted. 

Certain  it  is  that  the  next  year  this  volume  was  reissued  as  vol. 
i.  with  the  series  title-page.  There  is  a  copy  at  Harvard,  and  it 
collates  as  follows: 

' '  Lettres  |  edifiantes  |  et  |  curieuses,  |  ecrites  des  Missions  |  Etran- 
geres  par  quelques  Mif-  |  fionnaires  de  la  Compagnie  |  de  Jefus.  |  I. 
Recueil.  |  [Cut]  \ 

"A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicholas  le  Clerc,  rue  |  faint  Jacques,  proche 
faint  Yves,  |  k  I'Image  faint  Lambert,  j  M.  DCCIIL  |  Avec 
Approbation  &  Privilege  du  Roy.  |  " 

Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Aux  Jesuites  de  France,"  pp. 
(22);  text,  pp.  1-136;  "Table,"  p.  (i);  "Protestation"  and  "  Per- 
miffion,"p.  (i);  "Privilege,"  pp.  (4);  blank,  i  leaf.  P.  72  is  mis- 
paged  82.  The  "  Permiffion  "  was  "  Fait  k  Paris  le  28.  May  1702," 
and  is  sigiied  by  Julien  Baudran.  The  "  Privilege  "  was  issued  "  k 
Verfailles  le  13.  jour  d'Aoufl  I'an  de  grace  mil  fept  censdeux;" 
and  the  registry  was  made  "  23  jour  d'Aoufl  1702." 

Most  sets,  however,  have  a  first  volume  j  rinted  in  171 7.  It  collates 
like  the  1703  edition,  and  the  dates  of  permission,  privilege,  etc., 
are  those  of  original  issuance.  But  it  is  a  reset,  and  may  be  dis- 
tinguished by  the  following  imprint:  "A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  le 
Clerc,  rue  Saint  |  Jacques,  proche  Saint  Yves,  k  I'Image  |  Saint 
Lambert.  |  M.  DCC.  XVII.  |  Avec  Privilege  du  Roi.  |  " 


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Vol.  II. 

Harvard  has  a  cojiy  of  the  first  edition  of  the  h^.   nd  volu  ne,  with 
the  following  imprint:    "A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolrs  le  Clerc.  '"'.c  faint  | 
Jacques,  Al'Image  faint  Lambert.  |  M.  DCCIII.  1  Avec  Approbation 
&  Privilege  dn  Roy.  |  ' ' 

Collation:  TWXg,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  (6);  text,  pp.  i-i04;  "Table"  and  "Approbation," 
with  verso  blank,  i  leaf.  The  "  Approbation  "  is  dated  "En  Sor- 
bonne  le  30.  du  mois  d'Octobre  1702." 

The  1717  edition  of  the  second  volume  collates  like  that  of  1703, 
bu.  is  a  reset,  and  has  this  imprint:  "A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  le 
Clerc,  rul=  Saint  |  Jacques,  proche  Saint  Yves,  i  1' Image  |  Saint 
Lambert.  |  M.  DCC.  XVII.  |  Avec  Privilege  du  Roi.  1  " 

Vol..  III. 

Harvard  has  a  copy  of  the  first  edition  of  this  volume.  Its  title- 
page  reads  like  that  of  the  1703  edition  of  vol.  ii.  The  "  Approba- 
tion "  is  dated  "  En  Sorbonnc  le  7.  du  mois  de  Juillet  i703." 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  (10);  text,  pp.  1-225;  "  Table,"  p.  (i);  "  Approbation," 
with  verso  blank,  i  leaf. 

Two  distinct  editions  of  this  volume  were  issued  in  171 3.  Both 
varieties  are  in  the  New  York  Public  Library  — one  in  Astor  and 
the  other  in  Lenox  Building.  Harvard  has  also  a  copy  of  the  Le 
Mercier  edition.    A  description  of  each  follows: 

1. 

"  Lettres  |  6difiantes  |  et  |  curieuses,  |  ecritesdes  Missions  |  Etran- 
geres,  par  quelques  Miffion-  |  naires  de  la  Compagnie  de  Jesus.  |  III. 
Recueil.  |  ^Printer's  ornament]  | 

"A  Paris,  rue  S.  Jacques,  |  Chez  P.  G.  Le  Mercier.  Imprimeur-    | 
Libraire,   au  Livre  d'Or,   |  pres  S.  Yves.    |  M  DCC  XIII.    |  Avec 
Approbation  &  Privilege  du  Roy.  |  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  i.-x. ;  text,  pp.  1-224;  "  Table,"  with  "Approbation  " 
on  verso,  i  leaf. 

n. 

"Lettres  ]  6difiantes  |  et  |  curieuses.  |  Ecritesdes  Missions  |  Etran- 
geres,  par  quelques  Miflion-  |  naires  de  la  Compagnie  de  Jefus.  |  Troi- 
siem.'  Recueil.  |  [Large  printer' s  ornament]  \ 

"A  Paris,  I  Chez  Jean  Barbou.  rue S.  Jacques,  vis  Avis  |  le  College 


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de  Louis  le  Grand.  |  M.  DCC.  XIII.  |  Avec  Approbation  &  Privilege 
du  Roy.  I  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  (lo);  text,  pp.  1-224;  "Table,"  with  "Approbation" 
on  the  verso,  i  leaf.  This  edition  differs  from  the  other,  typograph- 
ically, being  newly  composed,  and  hence  is  a  distinct  edition. 

Vol.  IV.  ,       , 

We  have  discovered  three  distinct  editions  of  this  volume.  The 
original  edition  is  at  Harvard.  Its  "  Approbation  "  is  dated  "  En 
Sorbonne  le  12.  Juillet  1704." 

"Lettrcs  |  edifiantcs  i  et  |  curieuses  |  ecrites  des  Missions  |  Etran- 
geres  par  quulques  Miffion-  |  naires  de  la  Compagnie  de  Tefus.  I  IV. 
Recveil.  |  [Cut]  \ 

"A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  le  Clerc,  rue  faint  |  Jacques,  k  I'Image 
faint  Lambert.  |  M.  DCCIV.  |  Avec  Approbation  &  Privilege  du 
Roy.  I  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  (38),  signed  by  Le  Gobien;  "Table,"  pp.  (2);  "Ap- 
probation," with  catchword  on  verso,  i  leaf;  text,  pp.  1-443,  with 
verso  of  p.  443  blank.     P.  381  is  mispaged  281. 

The  two  other  editions  are  merely  extracts  of  the  preceding. 
They  contain  only  Charles  Jacques  Poncefs  Voyage  d'Ethiopie; 
are  represented  to  be  a  "  IV.  Recueil,"  and,  as  such,  form  a  part  of 
some  sets  of  the  ser-.es.  Harvard  and  Lenox  have  the  first,  and 
Astor  the  second,  of  the  following: 

"Voyage  |  d'Ethiopie.  |  IV.  Recueil.  |  \Cuf\  \ 

"A  Paris,  |  Chez  P.  G.  Le  Mercier,  Imprimeur,  |  rue  S.  Jacques,  au 
Livre  d'Or.  |  M  DCC  XIII.  |  Avec  Approbation,  &  Privilege  du 
Roi.  I  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  iii.-xix. ;  "Approbation,"  p.  (i);  text,  pp.  1I-195;  verso 
of  p.  195  blank.  The  "Approbation"  reads  thus:  "J'ai  Ifi  pour 
Monfeigneur  le  Chancelier  ce  Voyage  d'Ethiopie.  En  Sorbonne  le 
12  Juillet  1704.     C.  De  Precelles." 

Barbou's  edition  is  of  an  entirely  different  typographical  composi- 
tion, and  collates  as  follows: 

"  Voyage  |  d'Ethiopie   |  IV.  Recueil.  |  [Ornament]  | 

"A  Paris,  |  Chez  Jean  Barbou,  rue  faint  Jac-  |  ques,  vis-^-vis  le 
College  de  Louis  |  le  Grand.  |  M.  DCCXIII.  |  Avec  Approbation,  & 
Privilege  du  Roy  |  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  (17);  "Approbation,"  p.  (i);  text,  pp.  1-195;  verso  of 
p.  195  blank. 


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Vol..  V. 

We  have  examined  several  copies  of  this  volume,  each  one  dated 
1724;  but  the  original  edition  was  issued  in  1705.  The  "  Approba- 
tion "  is  dated  "  En  Sorbonue  le  27  de  Fe  Tier  1705; "  the  "  Privi- 
lege" was"  Donn6  a  Paris,  Ic  vingt-fepticme  jour  d'Octobre,  I'an 
de  grace  mil  fept  cens  cinq;  "  and  the  registry  was  made  "  A  Paris 
ce  neuvi^me  jour  de  NovcniDre  mil  fept  cens  cinq." 

"  Lettres  |  edifiantes  i  et  |  curieuses,  |  ecritesdes  Missions  |  Etran- 
geres,  parquelques  Mif-  |  fionnaires  de  la  Compagnie  de  I  Jesus.  1  V 
Recueil.  |  \Cnt\  \  >  ■>  < 

"  A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  le  Cierc,  rue  faint  |  Jacques,  A  I'lmage 
faint  Lambert.  |  M.  DCC.  XXIV.  |  Avec  Approbation  &  Privilege 
duRoi.  I  "  *■ 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  (28);  "Table,"  pp.  (2);  text,  pp.  1-287;  "Approba- 
tion" on  verso  of  p.  287;  "  Privilege,"  pp.  (4).  P.  231  mispaged 
131-  A  map  entitled  "  Passage  par  Terre  a  la  Califomie  "  faces  p. 
248. 


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Vol.  VI. 

The  several  copies  of  this  volume  which  we  have  examined,  bear 
the  date  "  M.  DCC.  XXIII."  But  the  original  edition  was  probably 
issued  in  1706,  judging  from  the  date  on  the  map,  "Mars  1706." 
We  have  met  with  a  record  of  an  edition  having  the  date  1707.  The 
dates  of  privilege  and  registry  of  vols.  v.  and  vi.  agree.  In  vol.  vi., 
however,  the  "  Approbation  "  is  dated  "  En  Sorbonne  le  15.  du  mois 
de  Juillet  1705."  Its  "  Permission  "  bears  the  date:  "  Fait  k  Paris 
le  25.  de  Septembre  1705."  The  map  is  entitled,  "  Carte  des  Nou- 
vel"'-  Philippines,"  and  should  face  p.  xxxj. 

Collatioft:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  iii.-xxx. ;  "  Avertisseraent, "  pp.  xxxj.  and  xxxij. ; 
"  Brefs,"  etc.,  pp.  xxxiij.-lxiv. ;  "Table,"  pp.  (3);  blank  (i);  text, 
pp.  1-250;  "  Approbation  "  and"  i^ermission, "  i  leaf;  "  Privilege," 
pp.  (4).  P.  99  mispaged  69. 

Vol.  VII. 

We  have  met  with  two  editions  of  this  volume,  both  dated  "  M. 
DCC.  VII."  The  Lenox  copy  has  pp.  29-40  duplicated,  by  the 
insertion  of  six  star  leaves,  beginning  with  *Ciij.  The  inserted 
matter  is  entitled:  "  Remarques  sur  la  Lettre  du  Pere  Gozani,"  and, 
curiously  enough,  is  called  for  in  the  table  of  contents.  This  is 
printed  regularly  in  the  Harvard  copy,  with  continuous  paging. 

Lenox  col'ation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  x  leaf;  "  Aux  Jesuite^ 


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Permiflion,"  p.   (i); 


de   France,"   pp.   (25);  "  Approbation  "  and 
text,  pp.  1-4  .  29-266;  "Table,"  pp.  (4)- 

Harvard  collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  ileaf;  "  Aux  Jesuites 
de  France,"  pp.  iii  -xxvii. ;  "Approbation  "  and  "  Permiflion,"  p.  (i); 
text,  pp.  1-287;  "Table,"  pp.  (4);  one  blank  leaf. 

There  are  two  maps  in  each,  and  they  agree ;  one  of  the  coust  of 
Peru  and  Chili  —  the  other  a  "  Carte  de  la  Terre  de  Feu. "  The  "  Per- 
raiffion"  was  "  Fait  k  Paris  le  16.  F6vrier  1707;"  and  the  "  Appro- 
bation" is  dated  "En  Sorbonne  le  28.  du  mois  de  F6vrier  1707-" 

Vol.  VIII. 

Although  this  volume  is  dated  "  M.  DCC.  VIII,"  and  we  have 
examined  several  copies,  the  privilege  and  registry  bear  the  year 
1 71 3;  while  the  "  Permiffion  "  and  "Approbation"  are  dated  "30 
Novembre  1707"  and  "  13.  du  mois  d'Octobre  1707."  respectively. 
A  map  of  "Nangasaki"  faces  p.  126;  and  the  volume  has  also  a 
portrait  of  Father  Antoine  Verjus. 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Aux  Jesuites  Fran- 
5ois,"pp.  3-i32;text,  pp.  1-243;"  Approbation  "  and  "  Permiflion," 
p.  (I);  "  Table,"  pp.  (4);  "  Privilege,"  pp.  (2).  In  the  Lenox  copy 
p.  237  is  mispaged  137,  and  pp.  240-243  are  printed  340-343- 

Vol.  IX. 

Father  Jean  Baptiste  du  Halde  (1674- 1743)  succeeded  Le  Gobien 
as  editor  of  the  collection.  He  edited  vols.  ix.  -xxvi.,  and  wrote  for 
each  volume  a  very  useful  preface.  These  prefaces  were  omitted 
in  the  subsequent  French  editions,  but  were  included  in  Stocklein's 
German  \ersion.  Du  Halde  is  also  well  known  from  his  Descrip- 
tion   .     .     .     de  V  Empire  de  la  Chine. 

The  original  edition  of  this  volume  must  have  been  printed  In  171 1, 
judgirg  from  the  "  Approbation  "  and  "  Permiflion,"  both  of  which 
are  dated  in  that  year  — the  former"  18  Juin;"  the  latter  "  huit 
Avril."  We  have  axamined  several  copies  of  the  later  edition, 
printed  by  P.  G.  Le  Mercier  fils,  and  having  this  imprint; 

"  A  Paris,  |   Cheis  Nicolas  Le  Clerc,   Libraire-Jure  de  I'Uni-  |  ver- 
fitd,  rue  de  la   Bouclerie,  pres  le  Pont  S.  Michel,  |  h.  S.  Lambert, 
cy-devant  ruv  S.  Jacques.  |  Etrue  S.  Jacques.  |  Chez  P.  G.  Le  Mercier 
fils,  prfes  la  F  -Jitaine   |   S.  Severin,  k  S.  Hilaire.  1   M.  DCC  XXX.  | 
Avec     .pprobacions  &  Privilege  du  Roy.  j  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blanV  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  ii'.-xxiv.,  signed  by  Du  Halde;  text,  pp.  1-431; 
"  Approbatior,"  p.  (i);  "Permiflion."  p.  (i);  "Table,"  pp.  (3); 
•'  Privilege,"  pp.  (5);  blank,  (i). 


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Vo      X. 

What  appears  to  be  the  original  edition  is  at  Harvard,  -.vith  the 
following  imprint: 

"  A  Paris,  |  Chez  Jean  Barbou,  rue  S.  Jacques,  |  vis-a-\ns  le  College 
de  Louis  le  Grand.  |  M.  DCC.  XIII.  |  Avec  Privilege  dv  Roi.  |  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Aux  Jesuites;  de 
France,"  pp.  (27);  "  Approbation,"  p.  (i);  "  Permiffion,"  with  errata 
on  verso,  i  leaf ;  text,  pp.  1-439;  "  Protestation"  on  p.  439;  "  Table," 
pp.  (7);  "  Privilege,"  pp.  (2).  Chinese  plate  to  face  p.  159;  Gin.seng 
plant  to  face  p.  173. 

The  1732  edition  collates  exactly  like  that  of  1713,  but  it  has  this 
imprint : 

"  A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  le  Clerc,  Libraire,  Jurd  |  de  I'Univerlit^, 
rue  de  la  Bouclerie,  pres  le   |   Pont  S.  Michel,  k  S.  Lambert.    |   Cy 
devant  rue  S.  Jacques.  |  Et  rue  S.   Jacques,  |  Chez  P.  G.  le  Mercier 
fils.presla  |  Fontaine  S.  Severin,  k  S.   Hilaire  |  M.  DCC.  XXXII.  | 
Avec  Privilege  du  Roy.  |  " 

Vol.  XI. 

We  have  met  with  but  one  edition  of  this  volume  —  that  of  171 5. 
Of  its  "Privilege,"  "  Permiffion,"  and  "Approbation;"  the  last 
has  the  latest  date,  "  8  Dec.  1714,"  which  is  indicative  of  its  being 
the  original  edition.     It  has  this  imprint: 

'•  A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  Le  Clerc,  rue  de  la  |  vieille  Bouclerie,  k 
rimage  1  S.  Lambert.  |  MDCCXV.  |  Avec  Approba'  )n  &  Privilege 
du  Roy.  '  " 

Collatiun:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  (i3);  "  Permiffion,"  p.  (i);  "  Approbation  "  and  "  Pri- 
vilege," pp.  (3);  text,  pp.  1-428;  "Table,"  pp.  (7);  errata,  p.  (i). 
A  map  of  the  Philippine  Islands  to  face  p.  74.     P.  196  mispaged  961. 

Vol.  XII. 

A  copy  of  the  original  edition  of  this  volume  is  in  the  Boston  Public 
Library.  The  "  Permiffion  "  is  dated  "  9.  d'Octobre  1716,"  and  the 
"Approbation"  the  "28.  Octobre."  The  colophon  reads:  "  De 
rimprimerie  de  la  Veuve  d'Antoine  Lambin."  A  "  Lettre"  from 
Father  Cholenec  covers  pp.  119 -211,  and  is  dated  "  Au  rfault  de  S. 
Loiiis  le  27.  Aoufl  171 5." 

"  Lettres  |  edifiantes  |  et  |  curieuses,  |  ecritesdes  Missions  |  Etran- 
geres,  par  quelques  Miffion-  |  naires  de  la  Compagnie  de  Jesus.  |  XII. 
Recveil.  i  \Cut\  \ 

"A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  le  Clerc,  rue  Saint  |  Jacques,  proche  Saint 
Yves,  k  rimage  |  Saint  Lambert.  |  M.  DCC.  XVII.  |  Avec  Privilege 
dv  Roy.  I  " 


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Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  i.-xxviij. ;  text,  pp.  i  -442;  "  Table,"  pp.  442  plus  (5); 
"  Approbation,"  "  Permiflion,"  and  "  Protestation,"  p.  (i);  "  Privi- 
lege," pp.  (2).  Map  of  "  Mission  des  Moxes  "  to  face  p.  i ;  portraits 
to  face  pp.  106,  no,  and  118;  map  of  the  Amazon  River  opposite 
p.  212 ;  and  plan  of  "  la  ville  et  de  la  Riviere  de  Ganjam  "  opposite 
p.  403. 

We  have  also  examined  several  copies  of  an  edition  of  1741,  which 
collates  like  that  of  171 7,  except  the  "Table,"  which  occupies  pp. 
442-447.  P.  232  is  mispaged  32;  and  p.  300  is  mispaged  194.  It 
may  be  distinguished  by  the  following  imprint : 

"  A  Paris,  rue  S.  Jacques.  |  Chez  Le  Mercier  &  Boudet,  |  Impri- 
meurs-Libraires,  au  Livre  d'Or,   |  pres  S.  Yves.  |    Et  |  Chez  Marc 
Bordelet,   vis-^-vis  |  le  College  de  Louis  le  Grand.  |  M  DCC  XLI.  | 
Avec  Approbation  &  Privilege  du  Roy.  |  ' ' 

Vol.  XIII. 

All  copies  examined  have  the  following  imprint;  but  as  the  "  Per- 
miflion "  and  "  Approbation  "  are  dated  in  the  summer  of  1718,  we 
believe  this  to  be  the  original  edition : 

"  A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  le  Clerc,  rue  |  S.  Jacques,  proche  S.  Yves, 
ill'Image  |  Saint  Lambert.  |  M.  DCC.  XVIII.  |  Avec  Privilege  du 
Roy.  I  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf ;  ' '  Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  iii.-xxiij. ;  "Approbation"  and  "  PermiflTion,"  p.  (i); 
text,  pp.  1-436;  errata,  followed  by  "Table,"  3  11. ;  '  Privilege," 
PP-  (2). 

Vol.  XIV. 

The  registry  of  the  "  Privilege  "  of  this  volume  was  made  19  Feb. 
1720.     Its  imprint  is  as  follows: 

"  A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  le  Clerc,  rue  |  S.  Jacques,  proche  S.  Yves, 
k  I'Image  |  Saint  Lambert.  |  M.  DCC.  XX.  |  Avec  Privilege  du 
Roy.  I  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  i.-xxviij.;  "Approbation"  and  "  Permiflion,"  p.  (i); 
errata,  p.  (i);  text,  pp.  1-499;  "Table,"  pp.  (7);  "Privilege,"  pp. 
(2).  Map  of  "  lies  de  Ponghou  "  to  face  p.  17;  "  I'lle  de  Formose  " 
to  face  p.  19;  and  "  Plan  du  Fort  de  Zelande  "  to  face  p.  37. 

Vol.  XV. 

The  "  Approbation  "  is  dated  "  18.  Decembre  1721,"  and  the  "  Per- 
miflion "  the  "  26  Dece-.abre  1721."    The  imprint  is  as  follows: 
"  A  Paris,  I  Chez  Nicolas  le  Clerc,  rue  |  S.  Jacques,  proche  S.Yves, 


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XXII.  I  Avec  Privilege  du 


k  rimage  |  Saint  Lambert.  |  M.   DCC. 
Roy.  I  •• 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  iii.-xl. ;  text,  pp.  1-418;  "  Table,"  part  of  p.  41S  plus 
pp.  (7);  errata,  "Approbation,"  and  "  Permimon,"  p.  (i);  "  Privi- 
lege," pp.  (2).  P.  97  mispaged  197.  A  "  Carte  des  Missions  .  .  . 
dans  le  Madure  "  to  face  p.  i. 

Vol.  XVI. 

The  "  Approbation  "  is  dated  "  13  Octobre  1723,"  and  the  "  Per- 
mission "  the  '•  -5  Octobre  1723."     The  imprint  reads  thus: 

"  A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  leClcrc,  rue  |  S.  Jacques,  proche  S.  Yves, 
k  I'Image  |  Saint  Lambert.  |  M.  DCC.  XXIV.  |  Avec  Privilege  du 
Roy.  I  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  iii.-xlj. ;  "  Approbation,"  on  p.  xlij. ;  "  Permission,"  on 
p.  xliij.;  errata,  on  p.  xliv. ;  text,  pp.  1-411;  "Table,"  pp.  (10); 
"Privilege,"  pp.  (3).  Plate  with  two  views  of  "  L'isle  de  Bour- 
bon" to  face  p.  9;  "Plan  De  l'isle  d'Orieans"  to  face  p.  23; 
plate  with  lizard,  etc.,  to  face  p.  29;  "  Poisson  Comu  "  to  face  p.  59  j 
and  four  plates  of  celestial  phenomena  to  face  p.  62. 

Vol.  XVII. 

The  "Approbation"  is  dated  "  17  Avril  1726,"  and  the  "  Permis- 
sion "  the  "  6  May  1 726. "     Imprint  as  follows ; 

"  A  Paris,  I  Chez  Nicolas  Le  Clerc,  Libraire-Jure  |  de  I'Univerfit^, 
rue  de  la  Bouclerie,  pres  le  |  Pont  S.  Michel,  k  Saint  Lambert.  |  Cy- 
devant  rue  S.  Jacques.  |  Et  rue  S.  Jacques,  |  Chez  P.  G.  le  Mercier 
fils,  proche  la  |  Fontaine  S.  Severin,  k  S.  Hilaire.  |  M  DCC.  XXVI.  | 
Avec  Privilege  du  Roy.  |  ' ' 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  iii.-xxxiv. ;  ."Approbation,"  with  "  Permission  "  on  the 
verso,  I  leaf;  text,  pp.  1-446;  "  Table,"  followed  by  errata,  pp.  (9); 
"  Privilege,"  pp.  (4);  blank  (i).    P.  301  mispaged  201. 

Vol.  XVin. 

The  "  Permission  "  is  dated  "  4  Juillet  1727,"  and  the  "  Approba- 
tion "  the  "  7  Septembre  1727."  The  imprint  reads  like  that  of  vol. 
xvii.,  except  the  date,  which  is  "  M.  DCC.  XXVIII." 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France."  pp.  iii.-xlij. ;  "  Approbation,"  vrith  "  Permission"  on  the 
verso,  I  leaf;  "  Privilege,"  pp.  (4);  text,  pp.  1-463;  "  Table,"  fol- 
lowed by  errata,  pp.  (12) ;  blank  (i).  P.  463  mispaged  363.  A  map 
of  the  Caroline  Islands  to  face  p.  189. 


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Vol.  XIX. 

This  volume  has  two  "  Approbations,"  the  one  dated  '  30  Avril 
1729  "  and  the  other  "18  May  1729."    Imprint  as  follows: 

"  A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  Le  Clerc,  Libraire-Jurd  de  I'Uni-  |  verfit6, 
rue  de  la  Bouclerie,  pres  le    Pont  S.   Michel,  |  a  S.   Lambert,   ci- 
devant  rue  S.  Jacques,  |  Et  rue  S.  Jacques.  |  Chez  P.  G.  Le  Mercier 
fils,  pres  la  Fontaine  |  S.  Severin,  k  S.  Hilaire.  |  M  DCC  XXIX.  | 
Avec  Approbations  &  Privilege  du  Roy.  |  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  iii.-xxviij. ;  text,  pp.  1-506;  "  Table,"  followed  by  two 
"  Approbations,"  pp.  (9);  "  Privilege,"  pp.  (4);  errata,  p.  (i). 

Vol.  XX. 

The  "Approbation"  is  dated  "21  Juin  1731."  and  the  "  Per- 
miffion"  the  "  28  Juillet  1731."     Imprint  as  follows : 

"  A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  le  Clerc,  Libraire,Jur6  |  de  I'Univerfitd, 
rue  de  la   Bouclerie,  pr6s  le  |  Pont  S.  Michel,  ii  S.   Lambert.  |  Cy 
devant  rue  S.  Jacques,  |  Et  rue  S.  Jacques.  |  Chez  P.  G.  le  Mercier 
fils,  pres  la  |  Fontaine  S.  Severin,  k  S.  Hilaire.  |  M.  DCC.  XXXI.  | 
Avec  Privilege  du  Roy.  |  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  iii.-xlviij. ;  text,  pp.  1-449;  "Table,"  pp.  (11);  "Ap- 
probation," "  Permiflion,"  "  Privilege,"  and  errata,  pp.  (6).  P.  261 
mispaged  161. 

Vol.  XXL 

The  "  Permission  "  is  dated  "  19  Novembre  1733,"  and  the  "  Ap- 
probation" was  made  out  "  ce  premier  Decembre  1733."  Imprint 
as  follows ; 

"  A  Paris,  I  Chez  Nicolas  le  Clerc,  Libraire-Jur6  |  de  l'Univerfit6, 
rue  de  la  Bouclerie,  pres  le  |  Pont  S.  Michel,  k  Saint  Lambert.  |  Ci- 
devant  rue  S.  Jacques.  |  Et  rue  S.  Jacques,  |  Chez  P.  G.  Le  Mercier, 
au  Livre  d'Or.  |  M  D  CC  XXXIV.  |  Avec  Privilege  du  Roy.  |  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  iii.-xxxj.;  "  Approbation "  and  "  Permission, "  p.  (i); 
text,  pp.  1-486; "  Table,"  pp.  (9) ;  errata,  p.  (i).  P.  358  mispaged  538. 
A  map  of  Paraguay,  the  engraved  number  of  which  indicates  that  it 
should  face  p.  229 ;  but  this  being  an  error,  it  is  often  found  corrected 
by  pen  to  read  p.  279,  which  is  its  coiTect  location  in  the  volume. 

Vol.  XXII. 


The  "  Permission  "  is  dated  "  30  de  Janvier  1736,"  and  the  "  Ap- 

•obation  "  the  "  22  Fevrier  1736."     Imprint  as  follows: 

"  A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  le  Clerc,  Libraire-Jur6  |  de  I'Univerfit^, 


BIBLIOGRAPHY 


19 


rue  de  la  Bouclerie,  pres  le  |  Pont  S.  Michel,  i  Saint  Lambert,  |  ci- 
devant  rue  S.  Jacques.  |  Et  rue  S.  Jacques,  |  Chez  P.  G.  Le  Mercier, 
au  Livre  d'Or.  |  M  DCC  XXXVL  |  Avec  Approbation  &  Privilege 
du  Roy.  I  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  iii.-l. ;  "Approbation"  and  "  Permission,"  pp.  (2); 
text,  pp.  1-480;  "  Table,"  pp.  (S);  "  Privilege,"  pp.  (4). 

Vol.  XXIII. 

The  "  Apprpbation "  is  dated  "4  Novembro  1737,"  and  the 
"  Permission  "  the  "  16  Novembrc  1737."     Imprint  as  follows: 

"  A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  le  Clerc,  Libraire-Jure  |  de  I'Univerfit^, 
rue  de  la  Bouclerie,  pres  le  |  Pont  S.  Michel,  a  Saint  Lambert.  |  Ci- 
devant  rue  8.  Jacques.  |  Et  rue  S.  Jacques,  |  Chez  P.  G.  Le  Mercier 
au  Livre  d'Or  |  MDCC  XXXVIII.  |  Avec  Privilege  du  Roy.  |  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  iii.-xxviij. ;  text,  pp.  1-519;  "Table,"  pp.  (9);  "Ap- 
probation" and  "Permission,"  p.  (i);  "Privilege,"  pp.  (5).  P.  376 
mispaged  276.  A  "  Nouvelle  Carte  d'une  grande  partie  de  la 
Presqu'Isle  des  Indes  "  to  face  p.  105. 

Vol.  XXIV. 

The  latest  dates  are  those  of  "  Privilege  "  and  registry,  20  and  26 
June,  1739,  respectively.     Imprint  as  follows; 

"A  Paris,  |  Chez  Nicolas  le  Clerc,  Libraire-Jur6  |  de  I'Univerfite, 
rue  de  la  Bouclerie,  pres  le  |  Pont  S.  Michel,  h.  S.  Lambert,  |  ci- 
devant  rtie  S.  Jacques.  |  Et  rue  S.  Jacques,  |  Chez  P.  G.  Le  Mercier, 
au  Livre  d'Or.  |  M.  D.  CC.  XXXIX.  |  Avec  Approbation  &  Privilege 
du  Roy.  I  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  iii.-xxviii. ;  "Approbation  "  and  "  Permission,"  pp.  (2) ; 
"Pivilege,"  pp.  (6);  text,  pp.  1-444;  "Protestation,"  p.  (i); 
"Table,"  pp.  (10);  errata,  p.  (i).  A  plate,  representing  the  execu- 
tion of  four  missionaries,  to  face  p.  169. 


/ 


Vol.  XXV. 


The  "  Permission  "  is  dated  "  9  Janvier  1741,"  and  the  "Approba- 
tion "  the  "23  Mars  1741."     Imprint  as  follows: 

' '  A  Paris,  rue  S.  Jacques.  |  Chez  Le  Mercier  &  Boudet,  (  Impri- 
meurs-Libraires,   au  Livre  d'Or,  |  pres  S.   Yves.   |  Et  |  Chez  Marc 
Bordelet,  vis-a-vis  |  le  College  de  Louis  le  Grand.  |  M  DCC  XLI.  | 
Avec  Approbation  &  Privilege  du  Roy.  |  " 

Collation:  Title,    with  verso  blank,    i   leaf;    "Aux  Jesuites  de 
France,"  pp.  iii.-xxxii. ;  "Approbation  "  and  "  Permission,"  pp.  (2); 


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a 


..  Privilege,"  pp.  (M;  text.  pp.  i-472;;'Table."  pp.  473-486;  -Pro- 
testation," with  errata  on  verso,  i  leaf. 

Vol.  XXVI. 
This  is  the  last  volume  edited  by  Du  Halde,  and  we  have  discov- 

A  I'ans,  riic  n.  j      j         1  ^j,^^^,  jj^rdelet, 

Libra  re,  au  Livre  d  Or,  |  pres  &.  Yvch.  1  j^    i  vr  tti    I  Avec 

v?s  ^-vis  I  le  College  de  Louis  le  Grand.  |  M  DLC  XLIII.  |  Avec 
Approbation  &  Privil6ge  du  Roy.  I  • 

a^Z/rt//../..-   Title,   with   verso  ^lank     i   leaf,      Aux  Jesuite^ 
France,-  pp.  i.-xxxi.;  •'APP-^^X;-rir4  0-458      The    '" 

^'r •"•  ''is  ?nl;S  'p'ag^nrof  .3!  ^^-f-Vpr^nttl ;  and  p.  3,8 
mis^pagedsi  A  laK 'shells  "hould  face  p.  390;  although  the 
mibpageci  5q»  1  j     ^^^  i<,^ation  before  p.  375- 

''%lT^j:t^:^TJZ.^  th^e  above  in  every  respect  in  the  body 

A  I'aris,  rucc  J      i         I  ^j^^^  Bordelet, 

Libra  re,  au  Livre  d  Or,  I  pres.b.  vvts.  |  c^t  I  ^ 
vls-a-vis  I  le  College  de  Louis  le  Grand.    |  M  DCC  XLIII.  |  An  ec 
Approbation  &  Privilege  du  Roy.  \' 

Vol.  XXVII. 
After  the  death  of  Du  Halde  in  1743,  the  publication  was  delayed 

lariy  u  letters  of  the  missionaries  came.     1  he  war 

rfr'x  rbaw  1  Fran  ?  and  England  was  the  cause  of  this  in- 
(1744-748)  ''^J^^^"  f  ^^^  English  succeeded  nearly  always  in 

rprnTthoronh^^^n^^  o„]oai.  <>i:^:^^^^s^ 

nr3re.tTeraf  ::veral  others,  was  edited  by  Louis 
PaTouilkt  of  whom  more  hereafter.     If^  latest  dates  are  those  o 
^pSvneg;  ••  a^dregistry.  7  and  13  June,    749-  respectively.    Impnnt 

"^IT^is.  I  Chez  lesFreres  Guerin,  rue  S^Jacques   ,  vi.4-vi^les 
Mathurins.   I  Saint  1  Thomas  d'Aqum.  |  M.  DCC.  XLIX.   |  Avec 

'Tl^-'^^ST'^^l^^^    X  leaf;    -Aux  Jesuites  de 
FranceTpp.  S-xHii..  signedby  L.  Patouillet;  "  ApP-bat^on '^and 
■Pmn  ffion  "ileaf;  "Privilege." pp.  (4);  text, pp.  1-476;     Table, 
pp  4™   480.'    A  pla;e  of  ••  Plante  de  myavlr  -  to  face  p.  444- 


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Vol.  XXVIII. 
This  volume  was  also  edited  b>-  Patouillet.     Its  "  Privilege  "  and 
registry  are  dated  14  April  and  19  .May,  1758,  respectively.     Imprint 
as  follows: 

"  A  Paris,  de  Tlmprimerie  |  De  H.  L.  Gtierin  &  L.  F.  Delatour,  | 
rue  S.  Jacques,  vis-i-vis  les  Mathurins.  |  A  Saint  Thomas  d'Aquin!  | 
M.  DCC.  LVIII.  I  Avec  Approbation  &  Privilege  du  Roi.  |  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank  i  leaf;  " Aux  Jdsuites  de 
France."  pp.  iii.-lxxxviij.,  signed  by  L.  Patouillet;  text,  pp.  1-436; 
"Table,"  pp.  437-446;  "Approbation"  and  "  Permiflion  "  on  p.' 
447;  "  Privilege,"  pp.  448-451;  p.  452  blank;  errata  on  p.  453,  with 
verso  blank.  P.  5  lacks  the  numeration ;  and  pp.  79,  84,  and  94  are 
mispaged  70,  74,  and  84,  respectively.  A  "Carte  des  Isles  de  Lieou- 
Kieou  "  to  face  p.  350. 

Vol.  XXIX. 

Between  the  publication  of  vol.  xxviii.  and  this  volume,  there  was 
a  long  period  of  interruption;  owing  to  the  various  arrets  of  the 
French  pariiament  against  the  order  and  its  members,  and  their 
double  banishment  and  prolonged  dispersion.  This  volume  has  not 
the  usual  printed  privilege,  permission,  etc. ;  but  the  publisher  prints 
an  "  Avertissement "  in  which  he  states  that  vols.  xxx.  and  xxxi. 
are  "  sous  presse. "  Nevertheless,  vol.  xxxi.  came  out  a  year  later,  in 
1774.  and  under  another  publisher's  name.  The  dedication  is 
signed  "M.  *  *  *  J."  Backer,  the  Je.suit  bibliogr-'ph^r,  believed 
this  to  represent  "  P.  Jean  Baptiste  Geoff roy,"  but  this  is  an  error; 
for  the  editor's  name  was  Nicolas  Mar6chal,  and  he  was  also  known 
as  La  Marche.     The  imprint  is  as  follows: 

"  A  Paris,  I  Chez  Ruault,  Libraire,  rue  de  la  |  Harpe,  |  pres  de  la 
rue  Serpente.  |  MDCCLXXIII.  |  Avec  Approbation  &  Permiffion.  |  " 

Collation:  Half-title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  with  verso 
blank,  i  leaf;  "  fepitre  dedicatoire, "  pp.  v.-viii.;  "Avertissement," 
pp.  ix.-xxiv. ;  text,  pp.  1-366;  "  Table,"  pp.  367-376. 

Vol.  xxx. 

The  imprint  of  this  volume  reads  exactly  like  that  of  vol.  xxix., 
and  the  "  ?rivilege  "  and  registry  are  dated  17  and  24  November! 
1772,  ret   ectively.    Mar^chal  was  also  the  editor  of  this  volume. 

Collation:  Half-title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  with  verso 
blank,  1  leaf ;  "  fipitre,"  pp.  (2),  signed  "  M.  *  *  *  J.;"  text,  pp. 
1-400;  "  Table,"  pp.  401-410;  "  Privilege,"  pp.  (2).  P.' 278  is  mis- 
paged  178. 


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Vol.  XXXI. 
Pat<.uillet,  who  edited  vols,  xxvii.  and  xxviii..  had  to  give  up  his 
connection  with  the  publication  for  a  time,  owing  to  "  le  changement 
fore6  &  frequent  de  domicile."  Mar^chal  brought  out  vols.  xxix. 
and  XXX.,  and  when  Patouillet  learned  that  the  work  was  resumed, 
he  sent  to  the  new  editor  some  materials  which  he  had  on  hand, 
and  which,  under  Marechal's  supervision,  were  put  forth  as  vol.  xxxi. 
The  "  Privilege  ••  has  the  same  date  as  vol.  xxx..  and  is  followed  by^ 
■•  Acheve  d'imprimer.  pour  la  premiere  fois,  le  30  Mars  1774;"  and 
T   G.  Clousier  was  its  printer.     Imprint  as  follows-. 

"A  Paris,  1  Chez  De  Hansy.  le  jeune,  rue  |  Samt-Jacques.  |  M. 
DCC   LXXIV   1  Avec  Approbation  &  Permiflion.  |  " 

Collation:  Half-title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  with  verso 
blank,  I  leaf;  "  Avertissement,"  pp.  v.-xvi.;  text.  PP-J-37&: 
•^  Table  ••  pp.  377-390;  '•  Privilege,"  pp.  (.)•  Plate  with  Hebrew 
table  to  face  p.  333;  two  parts  of  map  of  Tong-King  at  end  of 
volume. 

Vol.  XXXIl. 
The  "  Avertissemert  "  shows  that  this  volume  was  edited  by  the 
same  hand  which  edited  the  two  [three]  former  volumes,  namely 
Marshal.  Its  "Privilege"  has  the  same  date  as  vols.  xxx.  and 
xxxi  and  J.  G.  Clousier  was  printer  thereof.  The  impnnt  reads 
exactly  like  that  of  vol.  xxxi. ;  but  the  small  oniament  on  the  title- 
page  of  vol.  xxxii.  is  a  head  encircled  by  rays,  which  is  different  from 
that  of  vol.  xxxi.  .,         .. 

Collation:  Half-title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  with  verso 
blank  I  leaf;  " Avertissement, "  pp.  v.-xij..  not  signed;  text,  pp. 
1-382;  "Table."  pp.  3«^-304;  "Privilege."  pp.  (2).  P-  136  mis- 
paged  236. 

Vol.  XXXIII. 
The  lower  half  of  the  title-page  of  this  volume  reads  thus: 
"  Par  M.r  Abbe  Patouillet.  I   \prnameni  of  rays\   \   Se  vend      A 
Paris,    I  Chez  Charles-Pierre  Berton,  |  Libraire,  rue  S.  Victor.  |  ivl. 
DCCLXXVI   I  Avec  Approbation  &  Permiflion.  |  " 

Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Avant-propos  "  pp. 
iii.-xii. ;  text.  pp.  I  -435 ;  "Table."  pp.  436-443 :  verso  of  p.  443  blank. 
Colophon  on  p.  443  as  follows:  "  A  Nimes  de  I'lmprimene  de  Pierre 
Beaume,  1766  [«i'l." 

Vol.  XXXIV. 
This  volume  is  also  by  Patouillet.  and  its  title-page  agrees  line  for 
line  with  that  of  vol.  xxxiii. 


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M. 


Collation:  Title,  with  verso  blank,  t  leaf;  ■  Preface,"  pp.  iij.- 
xxiv. ;  text.  pp.  1-359,  380.  381,  384-387:  "Table,"  pp.  388-403. 
Colophon  on  p.  40a  as  follows:  "  Nifmes,  de  I'lmprimerie  de  Pierre 
Beaume.  1776."  The  pagination  is  very  erratic.  Pp.  44,  273,  28?, 
304,  and  3oq  are  mispaged  45,  373,  182,  303,  and  400,  respectively. 
There  is  a  break  in  the  paging  between  359  and  380. 

It  is  a  singular  fact  that  most  of  the  sets  in  libraries 
are  incomplete,  especially  lacking  the  last  volumes; 
and  we  find  the  same  condition  prevailing  in  sets 
offered  by  th-  Paris  booksellers.  Nevertheless,  a 
full  set  is  not  costly,  and  would  sell  for  about  75 
francs.  Odd  volumes,  of  one  edition  or  another, 
between  1703-  1776,  are  not  uncommon  in  the  book- 
market. 

Paris  Edition  —  ij8o-8j 

The  volumes  of  the  original  collection,  as  we  have 
shown,  were  published  from  time  to  time,  as  the 
reports  came  to  hand  from  the  mission  fields  in  both 
hemispheres.  Hence  they  are  a  confused  mass, 
without  any  geographical  arrangement.  In  the 
twenty-six  volumes,  printed  in  1780-83,  this  defect 
was  remedied  by  the  new  editor,  Yves  Mathurin 
Marie  de  Querbeuf,  who  was  also  a  member  of  the 
order.  He  divided  the  work  as  follows:  Levant,  5 
vols.,  published  in  1780;  America,  4  vols.,  published 
in  1 78 1;  the  Indies,  6  vols.,  published  in  1781; 
China,  9  vols.,  published  in  1781 ;  and  vols.  xxv.  and 
xxvi.,  supplementary,  published  in  1783.  Querbeuf 
also  enlarged  the  collection  by  adding  some  "  M6- 
moires  in^dits  "  and  "  Lettres  nouvelles  "  —  a  life  of 
the  Canadian  missionary  Piquet,  by  Lalande,  being 
one  of  them.  A  description  of  this  edition  follows: 
"  Lettres  |  6difiantes  |  et  curieuses,  |  dcrites  |  des  Missions  6tran- 
geres.  |  Nouvelle  ddition.  |  M6moires  du  Levant.  |  Tome  Premier.  | 


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I 


! 


"  A  I'ari';,-ChezJ.  G.  McriRot  le  jeune,  Libraire.  Qiuii  des  |  Au- 
guHins.  au  eoin  dc  la  rue  I>av6o.  |  M.  DCC.  LXXX.  |  Avec  Appro- 
bation et  Privilege  du  Roy.  |  " 

Vol.  I  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
"fipitru  dedieatoirc,"  pp.  v.  and  vj. ;  "  Preface,"  pp.  vij.-xxiv.; 
"Protestation,"  on  p.  xxi..;  text,  pp.  i-45i;  "Tabic,"  pp.  452  and 
453 ;  blank  (i).  Plan  to  face  p.  78,  and  map  of  Syria  to  face  p.  374- 
Vol.  2— Half-title,  verso  blank,  1  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  1-480;  "Table,"  pp.  481-483;  blank  (i).     No  plates. 

Vol.  3  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  1-477;  "Table,"  pp.  478-480.     No  plates. 

Vol  4  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  1  leaf; 
text,  pp.  1-493;  "Table,"  pp.  494-496.  A  "Carte  de  la  Route  de 
M.  Zurabek,"  to  face  p.  53;  portrait  of  Persian  king  to  face  p.  169; 
and  a  plan  of  "la  Maison  du  Roi  de  Perse"  to  face  p.  277. 

Vol.  5  —  Half-tit'e,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i 
leaf-  text,  pp.  1-502;  "Table  Des  Lettres,"  pp.  503-506;  "Table 
DesMatieres,"  pp.  507-534-  A  map  of  Egypt  to  face  p.  i ;  "  Ache- 
mounain"  to  face  p.  136;  "  Antinoe "  to  face  p.  157;  "Porte  du 
couchant  de  la  ville  d' Antinoe"  to  face  p.  158;  column  of  Alexan- 
der Severus  to  face  p.  162;  "Sacrifice  offert  au  soleil"  to  face  ?. 
175  •  "Carte  des  Deserts  de  la  Basse  Thebaide "  to  face  p.  i88; 
and  "Route  des  Hebreux,  pour  Pafser  la  Mer  Rouge"  to  face 
p.  261.  The  volume  was  printed  by  P.  G.  Simon,  printer  to  the 
parliament, 

Vol.  6— Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
"Preface  des  M6moires  de  I'Amdrique,"  pp.  i.-xxviij.;  text,  pp. 
I  -  422 ;  "  Table, ' '  pp.  423  and  424.  A  portrait  of  "  Catherine  Tegah- 
kouita  Iroquoise  "  to  face  p.  40. 

Vol  7— Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-454;  "Table,"  pp.  455  and  456.  A  "Carte  des  Environs 
du  Cap  Frangois  "  to  face  p.  185. 

Vol  8  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf ;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf ; 
text  pp.  5-420;  "Table,"  pp.  421-424.  "Passage  par  terre  a  la 
Calif ornie"  to  face  p.  52;  map  of  Pacific  coast  at  Chili  and  Peru  to 
face  p  1 19'  "  Carte  de  la  Ter^-e  de  Feu  "  to  face  p.  127;  "  Cours  du 
Fleuve  Maragnon  "  to  face  p.  284;  and  map  of  "  Mission  des  Moxes  " 
to  face  p.  337- 

Vol  9  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  ileaf; 
text  pp.  5-392;  "Table  Des  Lettres."  pp.  393-396;  "Table  Des 
Matieres,"  pp.  397-416.    A  map  of  Paraguay  by  D'AnviUe  to  face 


>S>J^. -..*». 


lilliLIOGRArHV 


p.  254.  Colophon  on  p.  416  as  follows:  '■  De  I'lmprimcrie  do  P.  G. 
Simon,  Imprimeur  t'.u  Parlcracnt,  17S1." 

Vol.  id— Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i 
leaf;  "Preface  des  M6moires  de  I'lnde,"  pp.  v.-xxiv. ;  text,  pp.  i- 
400;  "Table,"  pp.  401-404.  Aportraitof  Antoinc  Verjustf)face  p.  339. 

Vol.  II  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i 
leaf;  text,  pp.  5-420;  "Table,"  pp.  421-423;  blank  (i). 

Vol.  12  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-445;  "Table,"  pp.  446-448.  A  plan,  etc.,  of  the  Ganges 
to  face  p.  33,  although  the  Opiate  is  erroneously  marked  to  face  p. 
103;  "  Missionnaire  de  la  Compagnie  de  Jesus  aux  Indes  "  to  face  p. 
100;  "  Brahme  Premier  Ministre "  to  face  p.  102;  and  "  Ranga 
Mouttou  "  to  face  p.  103. 

Vol.  13  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-460;  "Table,"  pp.  461-463;  blank  (i).  A  map  of  the 
missions  in  Madura  to  face  p.  90. 

Vol.  14  — Half-title  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-399;  "  Table,"  pp.  3()i;  and  400.  A  plate  with  conchological 
specimens  to  face  p.  107;  and  "  Plante  de  ChayavCr  "  to  face  p.  164. 

Vol.  15  — Half-title,  vcso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-398;  "Table  Des  Lettres,"  pp.  399-401;  "Table  Des 
Matieres,"  pp.  402-430.  Colophon  on  p.  430  as  follows:  "Del'Im- 
primerie  de  P.  G.  Simon,  Imprimeur  du  Parlement,  1781."  Anew 
map  of  Presqu'Ile  to  face  p.  5;  map  of  the  new  Philippines  to  face 
p.  212;  the  Caroline  Islands  to  face  p.  282;  and  a  small  map  of  the 
Philippines  to  face  p.  321. 

Vol.  16  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
"  Preface  desM^moires  de  la  Chine,"  pp.  v.-xxxvj. ;  text,  pp.  1-434; 
"Table,"  pp.  435-438.  Martyrdom  of  four  missionaries  in  Tong- 
King  to  face  p.  121 ;  and  two  separate  maps  of  Tong-King  to  face 
P-  335- 

Vol.  17  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-450;  "Table,"  pp.  451  and  452.  A  plan  of  Nangaski  to 
face  p.  3  78. 

Vol.  18  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-479;  "Table,"  pp.  479  and  480.  A  plate  showing  hand- 
writing of  Chinese  emperor  to  face  p.  106 ;  Ginseng  plant  to  face  p. 
136 ;  "  Carte  des  Isles  de  Ponghou  "  to  face  p.  422 ;  "  Carte  de  ce  qui 
appartient  4  I'Empereur  de  la  Chine  dans  I'lle  de  Forraose"  to 
face  p.  424;  and  "  Plan  du  Fort  de  Zelande  "  to  face  p.  436. 

Vol.  19  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf, 
text,  pp.  5-514;  "Table,"  pp.  515  and  516.    A  plate  with  two  views 


i 


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LETTRES  £:D!FI ANTES 


of  "  L'isle  de  Bourbon  "  to  face  p.  2o3;  "  Plan  De  I'Isle  d'Orleans  " 
to  face  p.  217;  plate  with  lizard,  etc.,  to  face  p.  221 ;  plate  of  homed 
fish  to  face  p.  240;  four  plates  with  across  to  precede  p.  243;  and  a 
portrait  of  "  P.  Dominc:  Parennin  "  to  lace  p.  257. 

Vol.  20  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  1  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-460;  "Table,"  pp.  461  and  462.     No  plates. 

Vol.  21  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  :eaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-523;  "Table,"  pp.  524-526.    No  plates. 

Vol.  22  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-528;  "Table,"  pp.  529-532.     No  plates. 

Vol.  23  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-615;  "Table,"  pp.  616-619;  blank  (i).  A  "Carte  des 
Isles  de  Lieou-Kieou"  to  face  p.  19. . 

Vol.  24— Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-500;  "Table  Des  Lettres,"  pp.  501-503;  "Tables  Des 
Matieres,"  pp.  504-552;  "Approbation"  and  "  Privilege,"  pp.  (4)- 
A  plate  with  Hebrew  letters  to  face  p.  77-  Colophon  on  last  page  as 
follows:  "  De  rimprimerie  de  P.  G.  Simon.  Imprimeur  du  Parle- 
ment,  1781." 

Vol.  25  — Imprint  thus:  "  A  Paris,  |  Chez  J.  G.  Merigot  ie  jeune, 
Libraire,  Quai  |  des  Auguftins,  au  coin  de  la  rue  Pav6e.  |  M.  DCC. 
LXXXIII.  I  Avec  Approbation,  et  Privilege  du  Roi.  |  " 

Collation:  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i 
leaf;  "Preface,"  pp.  i.-lx. ;  text,  pp.  1-442;  "Table,  '  pp.  443  and 
444.     "  Arbor  Porphyrii  "  to  face  p.  216. 

Vol,  26  — Half-tule,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  1-515;  P-  516  blank;  "Table,"  pp.  517  and  518.  Two 
astronomical  charts  to  follow  p.  288. 

Sets  of  this  edition  are  in  the  following  libraries : 
Harvard  (Peabody  Museum),  Boston  Public  Library, 
Library  of  Congress,  and  British  Museum. 

Toulouse  Edition — 1 810- 11 

This  is  the  edition  from  which  thf  New  France 
portions  were  reprinted  in  "  The  Jesuit  Relations," 
as  published  by  the  Burrows  Brothers  Company. 
The  first  eighteen  volumes  are  dated  18 10,  and  vols. 
xix.-xxvi.  are  dated   181 1.     A  description  follows: 

"  Lettres  |  edifiantes  |  et  curieuses,  |  ecrites  |  des  Missions  6tran- 
g6res.  I  Nouvelle  Edition.  |  .  .  •  | 


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"  A  Toulouse,  I  Chez  |  Noel-Etienne  Sen:-,  Imprimeur-  |  Lib.,  rue 
Peyras,  presles  Changes.  |  Auguste  Gaude,  Libraire,  rue  |  S.-Rome, 
No.  44,  au  fond  de  la  Cour.  |  1810.  |  " 

Vol.  I  —  Half-title,  with  "  Cet  ouvTage  se  trouve"  on  verso,  i 
leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  fipitre  dMicatoire,"  i  leaf ;  "  Pr6- 
face,"  pp.  vii.-xxiii  ;  "Protestation"  on  p.  xxiv. ;  text,  pp.  1-359; 
"  Table  des  Lettres,"  etc.,  on  p.  360.  A  map  of  Syria  to  face  p.  i ; 
and  a  map  of  the  Gulf  of  Santorin,  etc.   to  face  p.  26. 

Vol.  2  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  I -381 ;  "  Table,"  etc.,  pp.  382  and  383.     No  plates. 

Vol,  3  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  i-379;  "  Table,"  etc.,  pp.  380  and  381.     No  plates. 

Vol.  4  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text, pp.  1-392;  "Table,"  etc.,  pp.393  and  304.  A  map  of  Zura- 
bek's  route  (1722)  to  face  p.  44;  and  a  plan  of  Persian  camp  to  face 
p.  222. 

Vol.  5  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  lea"; 
text,  pp.  1-403;  "Table,"  etc.,  pp.  405  .id  406;  "  Table  des  Ma - 
tieres,"  etc.,  pp.  407-432.  A  map  of  '"■gypt  to  face  p.  i ;  a  map  of 
Lower  Thebaide  to  face  p.  151 ;  and  r^ute  of  Hebrews  through  the 
Red  Sea  to  face  p.  211. 

Vol.  6  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
"  Preface,"  pp.  i.-xxviii, ;  text,  pp.  1.-338.  A  portrait  of  Catherine 
Tegahkouita  to  face  p.  33. 

Vol.  7  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  1-360.     No  plates. 

Vol.  8  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  1-336.  A  map  of  California  to  face  p.  38;  Coast  of  Peru 
and  Chili  to  face  p.  92;  map  of  Tierra  del  Fuego  to  face  p.  97;  map 
of  Cape  Fran5ois  to  face  p.  145 ;  course  of  the  Maragnon  River  to  face 
p.  225 ;  and  map  of  "  Mission  des  Moxes  "  to  face  p.  269. 

Vol.  9  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  1-348.     A  map  of  Paraguay  to  face  p.  198. 

Vol.  10  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  1  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
"  Prdfac^  ■  etc.,  pp.  5-24;  text,  pp.  25 -343;  "  Table,"  etc.,  pp. 
344-346.     A  portrait  of  Father  Ante     e  Verjus  to  face  p.  294. 

Vol.  II  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf 
text,  pp.  5-328;  "  Table,"  etc.,  pp.  329  and  330.     No  plates. 

Vol.   12-  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  vrrso  blank,  i  leaf 
text,   pp.    5-357;  "  Table,"   etc.,   pp.    358  and   359.     A  plan  of  the 
Ganges  to  face  p.   27;  portrait  of  Jesuit  missionary  to  face  p.  81 


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portrait  of  Brahman  prime  minister  to  face  p.  83 ;  and  portrait  of 
Rangamout  to  face  p.  83. 

Vol.  13  — Half-tide,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-370;  "  Tabk."  etc.,  pp.  371  and  372.  A  map  of  the  mis- 
sions in  Madura  to  face  p.  72. 

Vol.  14  — Half-title,  \orso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-330;  "Table,"  etc.,  pp.  331  and  332.  A  plate  with 
shells  to  face  p.  89;  a  plate  of  the  "  Plante  de  ChayavSr  "  to  face  p. 
136;  and  a  map  of  the  Philippine  archipelago  to  face  p.  171. 

Vol.  15  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-322;  "Table,"  etc.,  pp.  323  and  324;  "  Table  des  Ma- 
tieres,"  pp.  325-352.  A  map  of  southern  India  to  face  p.  5;  map  of 
Caroline  Islands  tc  face  p.  226;  and  a  map  of  Philippine  Islands,  etc., 
to  face  p.  257. 

Vol.  16  — Half-title,  verso  blink,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
"Preface,"  pp.  5-36;  text,  pp.  37-39o;  "Table,"  etc.,  pp.  391  and 
392.  A  plate  showing  martjTdom  of  Jesuit  missionaries  to  face  p. 
140;  and  a  map  of  Tonouin  to  face  p.  310. 

Vol.  17  — Half-titir,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-360;  "Table,"  etc.,  pp.  361  and  362.  A  map  of  Nanga- 
sacki  to  face  i>.  303. 

Vol..  18  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-378;  "  Table,"  etc.,  pp.  379 and 380.  AChinese  inscription 
to  face  p.  86;  plate  of  the  Ginseng  plant  to  face  p.  104;  mapof  Pong- 
Hou  Islands  to  face  p.  332 ;  and  a  plan  of  Fort  Zelande  to  face  p.  343. 
Vol.  19— Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-415;  "Table,"  etc.,  pp.  416  and  417.  Views  on  "  I'lle 
de  Bourbon  "  to  face  p.  169;  map  of  the  island  of  Poulo  Condore  to 
face  p.  177;  plate  of  animals  on  Poulo  Condore  to  face  p.  179;  plate 
of  horned  fish  to  face  p.  195;  apparitions  of  the  cross  to  face  p.  197; 
and  a  portrait  of  Perennin  to  face  p.  208. 

Vol.  20  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  ieaf ; 
text,  pp.  5-369;  "  Table,"  etc.,  p.  370.     No  plates. 

Vol.  21  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-418;  "  Table,"  etc.,  pp.  419  and  420.     No  plates. 

Vol.  22  — Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-421 ;  "  Table,"  etc.,  pp.  422  and  423.    No  plates. 

Vol.  23 —•  Half-title,  vp^io  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-490,  "Table,"  etc.,  pp.  491  and  492.  A  map  of  the 
Islands  of  Lieou-Kieou  to  face  p.  146. 

Vol.  24— Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,   pp.    5-399;   "Table,"    etc.,    pp.  400   and   401;   "Table   des 


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Matieres,"  pp.  402-444.  A  plate  in  Hebrew  relating  to  the 
synagogue  of  Cai-fong-Fou  to  face  p.  62;  and  allegorical  tree  of 
Porphyry  to  face  p.  226. 

Vol.  25  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
"Pr6face."  pp.  5-56;  text,  pp.  57-402;  "Table,"  etc.,  pp.  403  and 
404.     No  plates. 

Vol.  26— Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  5-407;  "  Table,"  etc..  pp.  407  and  408.  A  Chinese  calen- 
dar to  face  p.  230;  and  Chinese  constellations  to  face  p.  231. 

There  are  sets  of  this  Toulouse  edition  in  the 
Boston  Athenaeum  and  State  Historical  Society  of 
Wisconsin.  Priced  by  Dufoss6  of  Paris,  in  1893,  at 
35  francs. 

Lyons  Edition  —  i8ig 

This  Lyons  edition  professes  to  follow  literally 
Querbeuf's  edition  of  1780-83.  It  consists  of  four- 
teen volumes,  divided  as  follows :  Vols,  i  -  3  Levant ; 
4  and  5  America;  6-8  India;  9-13  China;  and  14 
India  and  China.  In  vol.  2,  a  portrait  of  "  Tamas 
Koulikan  Roi  de  Perse,"  which  follows  p.  476,  is 
sometimes  found  in  two  states,  one  being  a  suppressed 
plate.  This  plate  has  the  engraver's  name  to  the 
right  of  the  picture ;  while  in  the  substituted  plate  his 
name  is  on  the  left  side.  The  printed  instructions 
to  the  binder,  which  accompany  the  edition,  show 
the  number  and  location  of  fifty-one  various  plates. 

"  Lettres  |  6difiantes  |  et  |  curieuses,  |  Sorites  |  des  Missions  6tran- 
g^res.  I  Nouvelle  Edition,  om6e  de  cinquante  belles  gravures.  |  .  .  .  | 
Tome  Premier.  |  [Publisher's  vignette]  \ 

"A  Lyon,  |  Chez  |  J.  Vernarel,  |   Libraire;  |   fit.  Cabin  et  Cc, 
Libraires,  rue  St-Dominique,  n"  19.  |  M.  DCCC.  XIX.  |  " 

Vol.  I— pp.  (4),  xvi.,  507,  blank  (i). 

Vol.  2  — pp.  (4),  516. 

Vol.  3  — PP- (4).  492- 

Vol.  4  —  pp.  xxiv.,  536. 

Vol.  5— pp.  (4).  524- 


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Vol.  6  — pp.  (4).  xvi.,  488. 

Vol.  7  — PP-  (4).  543- 
Vol.     8  — pp.  (4).  504- 

Vol.  9  — pp.  (4).  xxiv.,  540. 

Vol.  10  — pp.  (4).  539.  felank  (0- 

Vol.  II— pp.  (4).  572. 

Vol.  12  — pp.  (4).  563.  blank  (i). 

Vol.  13  — pp.  (4).  574.  ,     ^      .^ 

Vol.  14  — pp.  (4);  "  AvisauRelieur,"  pp.  (2);  list  of  subscribers, 
8;  '•  Prdface,"  xlviii. ;  583;  blank  (i). 

Sets  of  this  edition  are  in  the  following  libraries: 
Lenox,  Astor,  New  York  State,  and  Bureau  of  Eth- 
nology (Washington,  D.  C).  Priced  by  Dufoss6  of 
Paris,  in  1896,  at  25  francs. 

Paris  Edition  — 1824.-26 

This  edition,  published  at  Paris  in  eight  volumes, 
we  have  not  seen.     It  purports  to  be  a  "  Seconde 
Edition,"  and  vols.  6  and  7  relate  to  America. 
Paris  Edition  — 1829-32 

This  edition  we  have  not  examined.  It  is  men- 
tioned m  the  general  preface  of  Aim6-Martin's 
edition  (vol.  i,  1838),  and  is  there  stated  to  belong  to 
la  Bibliothique  des  Amis  de  la  Religion.  We  take  our 
title  from  Backer's  Bibliothique  des  icrivains  de  la 
Compagnie  de  Jltus: 

"  Lettres  6difiantes  et  curieuses  dcrites  par  des  Missionnaires  de  la 
Compag.i..;  de  Jfeus;  collationn6es  sur  les  meilleures  Editions,  et 
enrichies  de  nou'velles  notes.     Imprimerie  de  Bethune. 

"  A  Paris,  au  Bureau,  place  Saint  Sulpice,  et  chez  Gaume  freres, 
rue  du  Pot-de-fer  Saint  Sulpice,  1829-32."    40  vols,  i8nio. 

French  (Aim^-Martin)  — 1838- 43,  etc. 

Backer,  in  his  Bibliothique,  has  given  over  ten  pages 
to  an  analysis  of  this  edition  —  see  his  vol.  ii.  (1854), 
appendix,  pp.  5-i5-  The  general  preface  of  vol. 
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bibliographical  account  of  preceding  editions  of  the 
Lettres.  The  writer  claims  that  this  edition  reestab- 
lishes the  original  and  primitive  text,  distorted  by 
other  editors,  and  adds  a  large  number  of  letters  not 
heretofore  printed  in  any  other  edition.  Among  the 
latter  we  might  mention  those  of  Father  Gaubil,  rela- 
tive to  China  and  Tartary,  and  taken  from  the  Journal 
asiatique.  Louis  Aim6-Martin  was  the  director  of  the 
publication,  and  the  first  volume  contains  the  Cana- 
dian matter.  There  are  several  issues  or  reissues 
of  this  edition,  and  toward  an  elucidation  of  them 
we  shall  give  such  varieties  as  we  have  examined. 

"  Lettres  |  6difiantes  et  cunsuses  |  concernant  |  I'Asie,  I'Afrique  et 
TAm^rique,  |  avec  |  quelques  Relations  nouvelles  des  Missions,  |  et 
des  Notes  g6ographiques  et  historiques.  |  Publi^"'  ..>us  la  Direc- 
tion I  de  M.  L.  Aim^-Murtin.  |  .  .  .  | 

'■  Paris  [  Auguste  Desrez,  Imprimeur-^diteur,  |  50,  Rue  Neuve- 
des-Petits-Champs.  |  M  DCCC  XXXVIII.  |  " 

The  above  title  of  vol.  i  is  taken  from  the  copy  in  Boston  Athe- 
naeum.    The  copy  in  Lenox  Library  has  this  imprint:    "  Paris  | 
Society  du  Panth^n  Litt6raire,    |   rue  de  Hanovre,  6.    |   M  DCCC 
XLIII.  I  "    The  Boston  Athenaeum  copy  collates  thus:  pp.  (6),  ix.- 
xii.,820.    The  Lenox  cony  varies  thus:  pp.  (8),  i}  .-xii.,  820. 

Vols.  3-4  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  set  have  the  imprint:  "  Paris,  | 
Socidte  du  Pantheon  Litteraire,  |  .  .  .  |  M  DCCC  XLIII.  |  " 

The  Lenox  copy  of  vol.  ii.  has  this  imprint  on  the  cover-title: 
"  Paris,  I  Raymond  Sabe,  6diteur,  |  rue  de  Hanovre,  6.  |  M  DCCC 
XLVI.  I  " 

In  a  private  set  examined  by  us  vol.  ii.  has  this  imprint:   "  Paris,  | 
Auguste     Desrez,    |   Imprimeur-^diteur,    |    Rue    Neuve-des-Petits- 
Champs,  50.  |  M  DCCC  XL.  |  " 

The  Lenox  copy  of  vol.  iii.  has  this  imprint  on  the  cover-title: 
"  Paris  I  au  Bureau  du  Pantheon  Litteraire  | .  .  .  |  M  DCCC  LVII.  |  " 

Vol.  2 — pp.  (4),  806,  (i). 

Vol.  3  — pp.  (4).  844- 

Vol.  4 —  pp.  (4),  723.     Two  folded  plates  to  follow  p.  508. 

Sets  have  been  priced  (1891-97)  in  Paris  at  18  to 
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Parts  Edition  —  iS6r 
This  edition,  published  at  Paris  in  three  volumes, 
we  have  not  seen.     It  is,  evidently,  another  reissue 
of  Aim6-Martir. 

Paris  Edition  — 187s -77 
This  edition  was  published  at  Paris  in  four  vol- 
umes.    It  is  a  reissue  of  Aim6- Martin.     Priced  by 
Dufoss6  of  Paris,  in  1892,  at  18  francs. 

German   Translation  (Stocklein) 
As  will  be  observed  from  the  title-page,  this  work 
is  more  than  a  translation  of  the  Lettres  ddifiantes. 
Besides  presenting  a  German  version  of  most  of  the 
French  collection  issued  contemporary  with  it,  the 
translators  print  for  the  first  time  numerous  accounts 
from  original  manuscript  sources.     The  illustrations 
are   also   superior  to    those   of   any  other   edition. 
Backer,  in  his  Biblioth^que,  gives  a  detailed  descrip- 
tion, title  by  title,  of  thirty-six  parts  of  the  work. 
The  set  described  by  him  lacked,  evidently,  parts  37 
and   38.     Singularly   enough,   we   have   found  this 
incompleteness  to  be  quite  general,  and  the  only  full 
set  which  we  have  had  in  hand,  is  one  in  the  Lenox 
Library.     (For  Backer's  account  see  his  vol.  ii.,  1854, 
appendix,  pp.  1 7  -  loa.)     He  also  states  that  the  work 
came  out  ir  nos.  165,  176,  180,  184,    188,  211,   319, 
341,  433,  521,  582,  and  620  of  the  Weltbott.     This  we 
have  not  had  opportunity  to  verify. 

Joseph  Stocklein,  the  original  translator,  was  a 
member  of  the  order,  and  a  life  of  him  is  printed  in 
part  29,  appendix,  pp.  141-154-  He  died  in  1733, 
after  having  put  twenty  parts  in  print,  and  having 
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papers  and  materials  were  entrusted  to  Father  Carl 
Meyer,  who  saw  perts  21  and  22  through  the  press, 
and  put  forward  parts  23  and  24.  Meyer  had  hoped 
to  continue  the  work ;  was  hindered  for  vant  of  time, 
and  died  in  1739.  The  lack  of  a  new  translator,  and 
martial  difficulties  in  the  nation,  caused  an  interrup- 
tion of  the  publication.  Finally  Father  Peter  Probst, 
a  priest  of  the  order,  toojc  the  work  in  hand ;  but  pub- 
lication was  again  delayed  about  a  year  by  the  official 
inspection  and  reading  of  the  copy,  after  which  per- 
mission to  print  was  given.  Probst  planned  to  have 
the  continuation  out  by  Michaelmas,  1746,  but  the 
printer's  paper  gave  out,  and  another  delay  of  a  year 
and  a  half  took  place.  Parts  28  to  38  came  out  under 
a  new  name  —  Father  Francisco  Keller. 

There  are  various  editions  and  varieties,  especially 
of  the  parts  which  comprise  the  first  volume.  It 
would  require  considerable  space  to  detail  these 
minutiae,  and  we  shall,  therefore,  give  only  so  much 
as  will  be  necessary  as  a  basis  of  comparison : 

Title-page  of  1726  edition  of  vol.  i. : 

"  Allerhand  |  SoLehr-  als  Geist-reiche  |  Brief,  Schrifften  |  und  | 
Reis-Beschreibungen,  |  Welche  von  denen  |  Missionariis  |  der 
Gesellschafft  Jesu  |  Aus  |  Beyden  Indien,  i  undandem  |  t)ber  Meer 
gelegenen  Landem,  |  Seit  An.  1624.  biss  auf  das  Jahr  1726.  |  in 
Europa  angelangt  seynd.  |  Jetzt  zum  erstenmal  |  Theils  aus 
Handschrifftlichen  Urkunden,  |  theils  aus  denen  Franzosischen 
Lettres  Edifiantes  |  verteutscht  und  zusammen  getragen  |  Von  | 
Joseph  Stocklein,  gedachter  Societat  Jesu  Priester.  |  Erster  Bund 
Oder  die  8.  Erste  Theil.  |  .  .  .  |  .  .  .  | 

' '  Augspurg  und  Gratz,    |   In  Verlag  Philips,  Martins,  und  Joh. 
Veith  seel.     Erben,  Buchhandlem,  1726.  |  " 

The  second  edition  of  vol.  i  lines  off  like  the  above,  but  ends  tb'.o: 
"  Erster  Bund  oder  die  8.  Erste  Theil.  |  Anderte  Edition.  | .  .  .  | .  .  .1 

"  Augspurg  und  Gratz,    |  In  Verlag  Philipp  Martin,  und  Johann 
Veith  seel.     Erben,  1728.  |  " 


-I 


I 


LETTRES  £D/FI ANTES 


Dates  of  Volumes  and  Parts. 


Title,  vol.  1  —  1726. 
Part    1  —  1 726,  in  red  and  black. 
Part    3  — 1725' 
Part    3  —  1736- 

Part   4-1726. 

Part    5  —  1736. 

Part    6—1726. 
Part    7—1726. 

Part   8  —  1726. 

Title,  vol.  2  — 1739- 
Part  9— 1727- 
Part  10—1727- 
Pert  II  — 1727- 
Part  12  —  1729- 
Part  13  —  1729- 
Part  14—1729- 
Partis- 1729- 
Part  16—1730- 

Title,  vol.  3  —  ^733- 
Part  17—1733- 
PartiS- 1733- 
Part  19—1732- 
Part  20—1732- 

Parts  21  and  22  in  one  — 1736. 
Parts  23  and  24  in  one  — 1735- 

Title,  vol.  4—1748- 

Part  25  — no  date. 
Part  26  —  no  date. 
Part  27  —  no  date. 
Part  28  —  no  date. 
Part  29— 1755- 
Part  30— 1755- 
Part  31  — 1755- 
Part32  — 1755- 
Part  33  — 1758- 
Part  34  — 1758- 
Part  35— 1758- 
Part  36  — 1758- 

Parts  37  and  38  lacking  in  this 
Lenox  set. 


Title,  vol.  I  — 1728. 
Part  I  —  1728.  in  black  only. 
Part  2—1728. 
Part  3  —  1726,  differs  typograph 

ically. 
Part  4—1726,  differs  typograph- 
ically. 
Part  5  —  1726,  differs  typograph- 
ically. 
Part  6  — 1728. 
Part  7  —  1726,  differs  tj-pograph- 

ically. 
Part  8  —  1728. 

Title,  vol.  2  — 1729- 
Part    9—1727- 
Part  10—1727. 
Partii- 1727- 
Parti2  — 1729. 

Parti3— 1729- 
Parti4— I729• 
PartI5— 1729- 
Part  16  — 1730. 

Title,  vol.  3  — 1732- 
Part  17— 1732. 
Part  18—1732. 
Part  19—1732. 
Part  20—1732. 

Parts  21  and  22  in  one— 1736. 
Parts  23  and  24  in  one  — 1 735- 

Title,  vol.  4—1748. 
longer  imprint. 

Part  25  — no  date. 
Part  26  —  no  date. 
Part  27  —  no  date. 
Part  28  —  no  date. 
Par.  29— 1755- 
Part  30— 1755- 
Part  31-1755- 
Part  32  — 1755- 
Part  33  — 1758. 
Part  34—1758. 
Part  35  — 1758. 
Part  36— 1758. 
Part  37  —  1761, 
Part  38  —  1761. 


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31 


1736. 
1735. 
8. 


There  are  certainly  other  varieties.  We  find  sev- 
eral in  a  partial  set  (vols.  1-3)  in  Astor  Library. 
Vol.  I,  1728,  in  Astor  has  a  large  copperplate  fron- 
tispiece on  verso  of  half-title.  In  Lenox,  1728,  this 
verso  is  blank.  The  same  plate,  in  same  manner, 
is  found  in  vol.  2  of  Astor  copy.  A  set  lacking 
parts  37  and  38  was  priced  by  Quaritch  in  his  General 
Catalogue,  item  28620,  at  £(). 

Italian   Translation  —  /  82$  -  zg 

This  translation  we  have  not  seen.  It  iii  entitled: 
Lettere  Edificanti  scritte  dalle  Missioni  straniere,  and 
was  published  at  Milan  in  six  octavo  volumes. 

Spanish   Translation  — 1753-57 

This  is  an  important  contemporary  translation; 
but  since  it  was  concluded  while  the  original  French 
publication  was  still  in  progress,  it  does  not,  of 
course,  have  claim  to  completeness.  The  translator, 
Father  Diego  Davin,  was  a  member  of  the  order, 
and  teacher  of  languages  in  the  Real  Semiuario  of 
Madrid.  In  a  note  to  the  reader  in  vol.  6  he  states 
that  he  had  intended  to  adorn  each  volume  with  the 
most  necessary  and  useful  plates,  as  he  had  actually 
done  in  vol.  2.  He  decided,  however,  that  as  such 
plates  are  an  encumbrance  in  a  volume,  to  issue 
them  in  a  separate  volume,  and  with  the  proper  loca- 
tion of  each  plate  indicated  on  its  face.  Vols,  i  and 
2  appeared  in  1753;  3-6  in  1754;  7-10  in  1755; 
II -15  in  1756;  and  vol.  16  in  1757.  A  set  in  the 
Lenox  Library  has  twenty-three  plates  at  the  end  of 
vol.  16,  and  the  first  four  of  these  plates  appear  also 
in   the   second   volume.     It  is  not  likely  that  this 


i! 


LETTKES  flDllIANTES 


We  list  them  as  we 


duplication  was  intentional, 
have  found  tLcm : 

I  —  Map  of  Egypt,  vol.  2,  p.  203. 

2 —  Portico  of  Acheniounain,  vol.  2,  p.  240- 

3  —  Architectural  views  of  Antinoe,  vol.  2,  p.  256. 

4  _  EKyptian  sacrificial  offeriiiKs  to  the  sun,  vol.  2,  p.  267. 

5  —  Passage  of  Hebrews  through  Red  Sea.  vol.  6,  p.  126. 
6 —  View  of  Mt.  Sinai,  vol.  6,  p.  247- 

7  — Ginseng  plant,  vol.  7.  V-  ^i- 

8  —  Map  of  Moxos  mission,  vol.  7,  p.  23^ 

9  —  Map  of  New  Philippines,  vol.  7.  V-  239- 
10  — Map  of  Philippines,  vol.  7.  ?•  230- 

II  —Three  portraits  on  one  sheet,  vol.  7,  p.  425- 
,2_'-  Cvrso  del  Rio  Maraflon,"  vol.  8,  p.  42. 
13— Island  of  Formosa,  vol.  8,  p.  31. 

14  — Missions  of  Madura,  vol.  9,  p.  f)0. 

15  — "  Monte  Libano,"  vol.  9.  p.  I7(>• 
I6— "  Lagarto  voiante,"  etc.,  vol.  10,  p.  142. 

17  —  "  Pez  Cornudo,"  vol  10,  p.  142- 

18  — Caroline  Islands,  v  jl.  n,  p.  192. 

19  — New  map  of  India,  vol.  13,  P-  249- 

20  — Paraguay,  vol.  13,  p.  290. 

21—"  Mapa  de  los  Alrededores  del  Cabo  Frances,"  vol.  15,  P-  233. 

22  — Chalaoyer  plant,  vol.  15,  p.  383- 

23  — Shells,  vol.  15.  P-  383- 

"Cartas   |  edificantes, y  curiosas,   |  escritas  |  de  las  Missiones  | 
estrangeras,  I  per  |  algunos  Missioneros  |  delaCompafiia  1  de  Jesus:  | 
Traducidas  del  Idioma  francos  |  Por  el   Padre  Diego  Davin.  |  de 
la  Compaiiia  de  Jefus.  |  Tomo  Primero.  |  Con  Privilegio.  | 

■'  En  Madrid:  En  la  Oficina  de  la  Viuda  de  Manuel  Fernandez,   | 
I.  prenta  del  Supremo  Consejo   de  la  Inquificion.  y  de  la  Reve- 
renda  |  Camara  Apoflolica.    Alio  MDCCLIII.  |  " 

Vol  I  — Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  preface  of  translator,  pp.  (10); 
licenses,  etc..  pp.  (8);  text,  pp.  1-364;  "  Indice,"  pp.  365-380. 

Vol  2  — Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Erratas,"  etc..  i  leaf;  text, 
pp.  1-334;  "  Indice,"  pp.  335-352.    Plates  already  mentioned. 

Vol  3  — Title  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Erratas,"  etc.,  i  leaf;  Le 
Gobien'^  preface,  pp.  i.-xxiv. ;  tert.  pp.  1-296;  "  Indice."  pp.  297- 
315;  verso  of  p.  315  blank. 

Vol.  4  — Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Erratas,"  etc.,  i  leaf;  text, 
pp.  1-389;  "  Indice,"  pp.  390-410. 


■;M 


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267. 

26. 


1.  15.  P-  233- 


Missiones  | 
I  I  de  Jesns:| 
Davin,  |  de 

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eraandez,   | 

de  la  Reve- 


tor.  pp.  (10); 
35-380. 
I  leaf;  text, 
itioned. 
;.,  I  leaf;  Le 
se,"  pp.  297- 

,  I  leaf;  text, 


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88 


Vol.  5— Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Erratas,"  etc.,  i  leaf; 
preface,  pp.  i.-viii.;  text,  pp.  1-365;  "Imlice,"  pp.  3f>f'-375;  verso 
of  p.  375  blank.  Pp.  213.  237,  and  374  mispagud  113,  337,  and  274. 
respectively. 

Vol.  6  — Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Erratas,"  etc.,  i  leaf;  pref- 
ace, pp.  i.-v. ;  "  Al  Lector,"  pp.  (3);  text,  pp.  1-400;  "  Indice."  pp. 
401-412. 

Vol.  7  — Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Erratas,"  etc..  i  leaf;  text, 
pp.  1-452;  "  Indict."  pp.  453 -4(>4- 

Vol.  8  — Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Erratas,"  etc.,  i  leaf;  pref- 
ace, pp.  i.-xii. ;  text.  pp.  1-417;  "  Indice,"  pp.  418-42S. 

Vol.  9  — Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Erratas."  etc..  i  leaf;  pref- 
ace, pp.  i.-viii.;  text,  pp.  1-386;  "Indice,"  pp.  387-39S.  P.  315 
mispaged  115. 

Vol.  10  — Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Erratas,"  etc.,  i  leaf;  pref- 
ace, pp.  i.-xvi. ;  text,  pp.  1-385;  "  Indice,"  pp.  386-398. 

Vol.  II  —Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Erratas,"  etc.,  i  leaf;  pref- 
ace, pp.  i.-.xvi. ;  text,  pp.  1-398;  "  Indice,"  pp.  399-412. 

Vol.  12  —  Title,  verso  blank,  ileaf;  "  Erratas,"  etc..  i  leaf;  pref- 
ace, pp.  i.-xvi.;  text,  pp.  1-382;  "  Indice,"  pp.  383-395;  ver.soof  p. 
395  blank. 

Vol.  13  — Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Erratas,"  etc.,  i  leaf;  pref- 
ace, pp.  i.-xx. ;  text,  pp.  1-398;  "  Indice,"  pp.  399-411;  versoof  p. 
411  blank.     P.  246  mispaged  146. 

Vol.  14— Tit'  ,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "Erratas."  etc.,  i  leaf;  pref- 
ace, pp.  i.-xx. ;  text,  pp.  1-404;  "  Indice,"  pp.  405-420.  Pp.  125  and 
332  mispaged  225  and  132.  respectively. 

Vol.  15  — Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  "  Erratas,"  etc.,  i  leaf;  pref- 
ace, pp.  i.-xvi.;  text,  pp.  1-422;  "Indice,"  pp.  423-435;  verso  of  p. 
435  blank.  Pp.  182,  2ii.  and 235  mispaged  812,  iii,  and  335,  respect- 
ively. 

Vol.  16  —  Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  errata,  etc.,  i  leaf;  pre  ace, 
pp.  i.-xxx.;  text.  pp.  i-iii;  "Indice,"  pp.  112-118.  Maps  and 
plates  described  above. 

Condensed  Editions  and  Extracts 

Lambert's  Recueil 

In  1749  Claude  Franjois  Lambert  published  a 
Recueil  d' observations  curieuses.  Lambert  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  order,  but  being  of  an  adventurous  dispo- 


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sition  left  it,  and  went  to  Paris,  where  he  worked  in 
literary  fields.  He  died  there,  miserable  -nd  forgot- 
ten, April  17,  1765.  He  vas  the  author,  translator, 
or  editor  of  a  number  of  works  (sec  Qu6rard's  La 
France  littdrairc,  t.  4,  pp.  483  and  484).  His  Recueil 
is  a  mutilated  edition  of  the  Lettres  tfiiifiantes,  and  in 
vol.  xxvii.  of  the  original  work,  the  new  editor, 
Patouillet,  makes  the  following  animadversions: 
"  L'anonyme,  par  exemple,  qui  s'est  appropri(S  les 
26.  Tomes  de  nos  Lettres,  &  qui  tout  r^cemment 
les  a  fait  imprimer  sous  le  titre  de  Recueil  d'  Ob/erva- 
tions  curieti/es,  &c.  n'a  pas  fait  diflficult6  dans  cette 
Edition  tronqude,  de  supprimer  g6n<5ralement  tout 
ce  qui  regarde  la  Religion,  tout  ce  qui  a  rapport  ^  la 
vertu,  ti  ddification,  8ch.\a.  pidte." 

"  Recueil  |  d'Observations  |  curieuscs,  |  sur  les  nioeurs,  les  cou- 
tuiucs,  I  les  Usages,  les  diff^rentes  Langiies,  le  |  Gouvernement,  la 
Mytliologie,  laChro-  |  nologie,  laG6ographieaiicicnne  &  mo-  |  deruc, 
les  C6r6monics,  la  Religion,  les  |  Michauiques,  I'Astronomie,  la 
Mddeci-  |  ne,  la  Physique  particuliere,  rHistoire  |  Naturelle,  le 
Commerce,  la  Navigation,  |  les  Arts  &  les  Sciences  de  dilT6rents 
Peu-  I  pies  de  I'Asie,  de  I'Afrique,  &  de  I'Am^rique.  |  Ton.e  I.  | 

"  A  Paris,  |  Chez  Prault,  Quai  de  Conti,  |  a  la  descente  du  Pont- 
Neuf.  I  M.  DCC.  XLIX.  |  Avec  Apiirobation  &  Privilege  du  Roi.  |  " 

Four  vols.,  i6mo,  pp.  (8),  400;  (2),  vi.,  392;  viii.,  (4),  39'  I  (2).  vi., 
408,  Imprimatur  (4).  Copies  in  Library  of  Congress,  New  York 
State  Library,  and  British  Museum. 

An  edition  in  4  vols.,  i2mo,  with  the  imprint,  "  Paris  chez  David  le 
jeune,  1749,"  was  sold  in  the  Fischer  sale,  item  1451. 

There  are  a  number  of  editions  in  English  of  this 
work,  which  are  enumerated  below: 

"A  I  Collection  |  of  |  Curious  Observations  |  on  the  |  Manners,  Cus- 
toms, Usages,  diflfe-  |  rent  Languages,  Government,  Mythology,  | 
Chronology,  Ancient  and  Modern  Geogra-  |  phy,  Ceremonies,  Reli- 
gion, Mechanics,  |  Astronomy,  Medicine,  Physics,  Natural  |  History, 
Commerce,  Arts,  and  Sciences,  |  Of  the  several  Nations  of  |  Asia, 
Africa,  and  America,  j  Translated  from  the  French,  first  printed  at 


^ia. 


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niHLlOORAPHY 


36 


Paris  iti  1749,  I  By  John  Dunn,  |  Chaplain  to  the  Rt.  Hon.  the  Earl 

of  Galloway.  |  Vol.  I  | 
"  London:  |  Printed  for  the  Translator.  |  Mdccl.  |  " 
Two  vols,  8vo,  pp.  vi.,  411;  (2),  404.  (8),  (8).     P.  aSj  of  vol.  a  Is 

mispagud  582.     Copy  in  Library  ot'  Coiisross. 

Another,  bejcinninR:  Curious  |  obsi-rvalions  \  [etc.];  and  with  the 
following;  imprint: 

"  I<()ndon:    I    Printed  for  G.  Woodf.'U,  at  the  Kind's  Arms,  Cha- | 
rinK  Cross;  W.    Riissel,  at   Iloraco's   Mead,   without  |  Temi)le-Har; 
and  VV.  Meyer,  in  May's  HuildinKS,  |  St.  Martin's-Lane.  |  [1750.]" 

Two  vols.,  8vo.  Copies  in  Library  of  Coniijress  and  British 
Museum. 

Other  editions,  each  in  2  vols.,  8vo,  are:  London:  Lockyer 
Davis,  1755;  and  London:  Lockyer  Davis,  1760. 

ROUSSELET   DE   SURGY 

In  his  preface  to  vol.  :  the  editor,  Jacques  Phili- 
bert  Rousselet  de  Surgy,  intimates  that  he  might 
issue  vols.  5  and  6  in  1768,  relative  to  the  Levant, 
in  case  vols.  1-4  should  be  favorably  received  by 
the  public.  The  British  Museum  seems  to  have  an 
edition  in  six  volumes,  issued  at  Iverdon  in  1767. 
We  have  examined  two  sets,  each  of  four  volumes 
only,  and  with  a  Paris  imprint : 

"  Memoires  I  geographiques,  |  physiques  |  et  historiques.  |  Sur 
I'Afie,  I'Afrique  &  I'Am^rique.  |  Tir6s  des  Lettres  fidifiantes,  & 
des  I  Voyages  des  Miflionnaires  Jdfuites.  |  Par  I'Auteur  des  Melanges 
int6relTans  &  |  curieux.  |  .  .  .  |  [Ornament]  \ 

"  A  Paris,  |  Chez  Durand,  Neveu,  Libraire,  |  rue  Saint  Jacques,  &1p 
Sageffe.  |  M.  DCC.  LXVIL  |  Avec  Approbation  &  Privilege  du  Roi.| 

Vol.  I  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf ;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf ; 
"  Preface,"  pp.  i.-xii. ;  text,  pp.  1-388. 

Vol.  2  —Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leif; 
text,  pp.  1-312;  "Table."  pp.  313-328. 

Vol.  3  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  I -401;  blank  (i). 

Vol.  4  — Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  text,  pp.  1-373;  P-  374. 
blank;  "  Ta  )le  "  to  vol.   3.  PP-  375-385;  P-  3'''J,  blank;  "  Table"  to 


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LETTRES  £DIFI ANTES 


r.i'^ 


vol.  4,  pp.  387-399;  P-  400.  blank;  "  Approbation  -  and  "  Privi- 
lege." pp.  401-403;  "Catalogue."  pp.  404-408.  Vol.  4  relates  to 
America. 

The  following  Dutch  work  is  a  translation  of  the 
Memoires  gdographiques  of  Rousselet  de  Surgy : 

"  Geographische.  natuurkundige  en  historische  berigten  over  Asic. 
Afrika  en  Anierika.  Getrokken  uit  de  Stigtelyke  Brieven.  en  Reis- 
beschryvingender  Jesuiten.  ter  voortplantinge  van  den  Chnstelyken 
Godsdienst,  naar  die  Gewesten  gezonden.  Uit  het  Fransch  vertaald. 
3deelen.     Harlingen :  V.  van  der  Plaats,  1 769. "     8vo. 

LeTTRES   fioIFIANTES— I77I 

This  is  only  a  selection  from  the  large  work,  and 
xs^n^W^^i'.  '' Lettres  ^difiantes  .  .  .  del'Am&ujue 
Septentrionale.  Bruxelles  :  G.  Panwels,  1771." 
i2mo,  pp.  152. 

CHOIX  DES   LeTTRES   feniFIANTES 

This  work  was  edited  by  "  M.  *  *  *  ,"  which 
stands  for  l'Abb6  Jean  Baptiste  Montmignon,  who 
is  accused  by  Aim6-Martin  (vol.  i.,  1838)  of  having 
taken  liberties  with  the  text  of  the  originals,  so  that 
the  letters  are  "  6trangement  d6figur6es,  avaient 
perdu  leur  caractere  naif  et  leur  vivacit6  originale." 
Backer  makes  the  same  accusation,  and  so  does  the 
editor  of  the  second  edition,  mentioned  below.  This 
new  editor  endeavored  to  put  his  edition  in  shape, 
and  suppressed  some  digressions  of  Montmignon, 
but  it  fell  fiat  on  the  market,  yet,  nevertheless, 
at  peared  again  in  1838. 

'"Choix  I  des  I  Lettres  ddifiantes.  |  6crites  |  des  Missions  6tran- 
geres-  1  avec  des  Additions,  des  Notes  critiques,  |  et  des  Observa- 
tions pour  la  plus  grande  |  Intelligence  de  ces  Lettres;   |  . 

"  A  Paris,  I  Chez  Maradan.  Libraire,  |  .  .  .  |  M.  DCCC.  VIII.  |  " 

Vol.  I  (1808)  — pp.  (4).  cviii.,  400. 
Vol.  2  (1808)  — pp.  (4).  Ixiv.,  451. 


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Vol.  3  (1808)  — pp.  (4),  458. 

Vol.  4(1809)  — pp.  (4),  Ixxxiv.,  5C8. 

Vol.  5  (1809)  — pp.  (4),  Ixxii.,  427. 

Vol.  6(1809)  — pp.  (4),  507. 

Vol.  7  (1809)  — pp.  (4),  Ixxxviii.,  490. 

Vol.  8  (1809)  — pp.  (4),  iv.,  514. 

The  American  matter  is  in  vols.  vii.  and  viii.  We 
have  examined  copies  in  Boston  Public  Library, 
Boston  Athenaeum,  and  Aster  Library.  A  "  Se- 
conde  Edition,  augmentde,"  already  referred  to  as 
by  a  new  editor,  was  published  at  Paris  by  Grim- 
bert,  in  1824-26.  This  appeared  again,  but  with  a 
changed  title,  and  this  imprint :  "  Bruxelles.  Public 
par  la  Soci6t6  nationale,  pour  la  propagation  des  bons 
livres,  1838."  A  "  Troisieme  Edition,  augment^e," 
was  issued  at  Paris,  in  eight  octavo  volumes,  but  the 
date  we  have  not  learned. 

NOUVELLES   DES   MISSIONS   D'AMERIQUE 

This  is  a  selection  of  American  matter  from  the 
Lettres  (fdifiantes,  and  was  published  at  Paris :  Librai- 
rie  Martial  Ardant  Fr&res  [1833].  i2mo,  pp.  (2), 
288.     Plate. 

English   Versions 

We  note  the  following : 

"  Edifying  and  Curious  Letters  of  some  Missioncrs.  .  .  .  |  Printed 
in  the  Year  1707."  i8mo,  7  11.,  pp.  258,  Table  2  11.  The  British 
Museum  catalogue  says:  "  [London?]  1707-09."    8°.     2  vols." 

"  The  Travels  of  feveral  Learned  Missioners  of  the  Society  of 
jesus,  ...  I  Translated  from  the  French  Original  publifh'd  at  Paris 
in  the  Year  1713.  London:  Printed  for  R.  Gofling,  at  the  Mitre 
and  Crown,  over  aginfl  [st'c'l  St.  Dunflans  Church,  in  Fleet-flreet, 
M  DCC  XIV. ' '  Title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf ;  ' '  Preface,  "pp.  ( 7) ;  blank, 
1  page;  "Contents,"  pp.  (6);  text,  pp.  1-335;  "Some  Books,"  etc., 
on  verso  of  p.  335;  "Index,"  pp.  (12);  "Books  Printed,"  pp.  (4). 
Two  plates,  at  pp.  176  and  215.     P.  264  mispaged  246.     Pp.  277-318 


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are  occupied  with  an  "Extract  of  an  Account  of  the  Country  of 

Accadia.  in  North  America 1   Written  in  the  Year  ijio.  by  a 

French  Gentleman,  and  sent  to  a  Missioner  of  the  Society  of  Jesus. 
This  is  nothing  less  than  a  condensed  translation  of  DidreviUe  s 
Relation  du  Voyage  du  Port  Royal  de  PAcadie,  of  which  an  edi- 
tion was  issued  at  Amsterdam  in  1710;  but  it  appeared  first  in 
Rouen  in  1708.  Di6reville  purposed  to  compose  his  whole  account 
in  verse-  but  was  advised  to  cast  it  in  prose.  He  compromised  by 
using  toth  prose  and  verso.  In  this  English  translation  his  verse 
has  been  put  into  prose,  and  is  given  a  rather  free  flavor. 

"  Travelsof  the  Jesuits,  into  var.ous  Parts  of  the  World.  Compiled 
from  their  Letters.  ...  By  Mr.  Lockman.  London:  Printed  for 
John  Noon.  i743."  Two  vols..  8vo.  pp.  487;  5o8.  (19).  This  is  an 
abridgment  of  the  first  ten  volumes  of  the  Lettres  idtfiantes. 
The  continuation,  though  intended,  never  appeared.  John  Lockman 
was  the  editor.     Other  editions  of  Lockman  are : 

•'  fLondon]  Printed  for  T.  Piety,  .  .  .  |  .  .  •  |  •  •  •  176'..  |  "  Two 
vols..  8V0,  pp.  (2),xxii.,  (2).  487.  (I);  (6).  507.(1).  24.  (19);  maps, 
etc     This  is  called  ' '  Second  edition,  corrected. 

"■  London:  David  Steel.    M.  DCC.  LXVIL"    Two  vols.,  8vo. 

•  ■  Instructive  and  Curious  Epistles  from  Catholic  Clergymen  of  the 
Society  of  Jesus,  in  China,  India.  Persia,  the  Levant,  and  either 
America,  being  Selections  from  the  most  interesting  of  the  '  Lettres 
Edifiantes,'  translated  by  Timothy  Augustus  Power.  Dublin. 
1839."     8vo. 

"The  I  Early  Jesuit  Missions  |  in  |  North  America;  |  compiled  and 
translated  from  the  Letters  of  the  |  French  Jesuits,  with  Notes.  |  By 
the  I  Rev.  William  Ingraham  Kip,  M.  A.,  |    ...     |     •  ■  •     I 

"  New  York:  |  Wiley  and  Putnam, .  .  .  |  1846.  |  "  lamo,  two  parts 
paged  continuously;  pp.  xiv. ;  2II.;  pt.  i,  PP-  i-i35;  pt.  2.  3  H- .  PP- 
139-321.  Folded  map  of  the  Iroquois  country.  This  edition  was 
published  in  Wiley  and  Putnam's  Library  of  American  Books. 

The  Lenox  Library  has  also  a  New  York  issue  of  1847,  from  the 
same  plates.  Its  collation  agrees  with  that  of  1846,  except  that  it 
has  not  a  series  title-page  and  a  regular  title-page  before  part  2. 

The  British  Museum  has  a  copy  with  a  London  title-page,  thus: 
"  London:  I  Wiley  and  Putnam.  1  1847.  I  " 

The  following  editions  of  1866  and  1873  are  reissued  from  the  old 
stereotyped  plates;  but  an  index  has  been  added: 

"  Albany,  N.  Y.:  1  Pease  &  Prentice,  .  .  .  |  1866.  |  "  "nio;  pp^ 
xiv. ;  I  leaf ;  pp.  i  -  321 ;  P-  322  blank ;  ' '  Index. ' '  pp.  323 -  325.  Folded 
map  of  Iroquois  country. 


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"  Albany.  N.  Y.:  |  Joel  MunseU,  .  .  .  |  1873-  I  "  San.e  collation  as 
1866  issue. 

Dr.  Kip  prepared  from  the  "  Lettres  "  another  and  distinct  collec- 
tion, and  comprising  both  American  and  Oriental  materials.  His 
American  subjects  are:  '•  Missions  in  Lower  California;  1702;" 
•'  Rhode  Island  Privateer:  1745;"  "  Trials  of  Hudson  Bay  Mission- 
ary: 1694;"  "The  Paraguay  Mission:  1726;"  and  "  The  Earthquake 
at  Lima:  1746."    A  descrijition  of  the  book  follows: 

"  Historical  Scenes  |  from  the  |  Old  Jesuit  Missions.  |  By  the  | 
Right  Rev.  Wm.  Ingraham  Kip,  D.D.,  LL.  D.  |  .  .  .  | 

'•  New  York:  I  Anson  D.  F.  Randolph  and  Company,  |  .  .  .  | 
[copyright,  1875.]  |  "     i2mo;  pp.  375,  list  of  books  (i). 

Polish   Version 

For  the  following  titles  of  selections  from  the 
Lcttrcs  ddifiantcs,  we  are  indebted  to  Backer,  vol.  ii., 
appendix,  p.  5 : 

"  Listy  rozne  ku  chwalebney  ciekawosci  y  chrzescianskiemu  zbudo- 
\yaniu  sluzace  i  Azyi,  Afryki,  Ameryki,  niegdys  od  Mi.ssyonarow 
Societatis  Jesu  w  rozmaitych  iezykach  do  Europy  przeslanc.  R. 
1756."     4to,  pp.  190.     Also  another.     Ibid.,  \^b-].     4to,  pp.  541. 

Continuations 

The  following  work  forms  the  link  between  the 
Lettres  Mfiantcs  and  the  Annate s  de  V Association  de  la 
Propagation  de  la  Foi.  Vols,  i.-iv.  were  published  in 
18 18;  vol.  V.  in  1820;  vol.  vi.  in  1821;  and  vols, 
vii.  and  viii.  in  1823: 

"  Ncuvelles  |  Lettres  ddifiantes  |  des  Missions  de  la  Chine  |  et  des 
Indes  orientales.  |  .  .  .   ] 

"  A  Paris,  I  Del'Imprimerie  d'Adrien  Le  Clere,  Imprimeur  de  | 
rArchev6ch6  de  Paris,  |  quai  des  Augustins,  n".  35.  |  1818.  |  " 

Vol.  I  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf ; 
"  Preface,"  pp.  i.-xxviii.;  "Introduction,"  pp.  i.-xxvi. ;  text,  pp.  27- 
482;  "Table,"  pp.  483-486;  "Errata,"  with  verso  blank,  i  leaf. 

Vol.  2  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text,  pp.  1-556;  "Table,"  pp.  557-560. 

Vol.  3  —  Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf; 
text.  pp.  1-500;  "Table,"  pp.  501-503;  "Errata,"  p.  (i). 


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Vox.  4 -Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  ver.o  blank,  i  leaf; 
text.  pp.  1-564;  "Table,"  pp.  565-567;  errata,  p  (i). 

Vol.  5-Half-title.  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank  x  leaf ; 
-Avis  des  fiditcurs."  pp.  v.-viii.;  text,  pp.  1-597;  "Table,  pp. 
598-603;  jlank(i). 

Vol  6-Haif-title.  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank.  1  leaf; 
..  Introduction,"  pp.  i-cxiv.;  text,  pp.  115-504;  "Table.'  pp.  505- 
511;  "Errata."  p.  (I). 

Vol  7-Half-title.  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank  i  leaf ; 
text,  pp.  I-  ..3;  p.  414  blank;  "Table."  pp.  415-419;  blank  (i) 

Vol.  8-Half-title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf;  title,  verso  blank,  i  leaf ; 
text,  pp.  1-44.     "Table."  pp.  444-448. 

Annates 
The  following  publication,   which   is   still  being 
issued  serially,  contains  a  great  deal  of  absorbing 
interest  concerning  the  missions  among  the  Ameri- 
can Indians.     It  was  begun  under  the  auspices  of  a 
missionary   society  consisting  of   Catholic  laymen, 
who  organized  themselves,  on  May  3,  1822,  at  Lyons, 
to  assist  by  prayers  and  alms  the  Catholic  mission- 
aries   charged   with  work   among   foreign   nations. 
Not  long  after  its  organization,  this  society  began  to 
issue  the  Annales  de  V Association  de  la  Propagation  de 
laFoi    .   .     Collection /aisant  suite  ^  toutes  les  editions 
des   Lettres  Hifiantes.     The    first  number  appeared 
in  1822;  the  second  in  1823;  the  third  in  1824,  etc. 
The  original  publisher  was  Rusand  of  Lyons  and 
Paris      Editions  of  these  Annales  have  been  circulated 
also  in  German,  Italian,  Flemish,  Portuguese.  Welsh 
and   English.      The   first   number   of   the   English 
edition  came  out  in  January,  1838.     There  have  been 
several  editions  of  some  of  the  French  parts,  as  well 
as  of  the  translations. 


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The  collection  published  by  Charles  "'  ^^ 
Paris,  .857-6.,  professes  to  be  a     complement  aux 
Lettres  ^difiantes." 


